CVE-2019-11024 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via infinite recursion in the PNM image loading function of the libsixel library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-11024?
CVE-2019-11024 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The load_pnm function in frompnm.c in libsixel.a in libsixel 1.8.2 has infinite recursion.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11024?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Saitoha Libsixel.
How do I fix CVE-2019-11024?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-11024 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11024 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11024, GHSA-fmc6-pg58-457g, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11024.