# CVE-2026-33019: libsixel: Integer overflow leads to Out-of-bounds Read in img2sixel

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.8.7-r1
- Published: 2026-04-14 · Updated: 2026-04-15

## Affected

- saitoha libsixel: fixed in 1.8.7-r1

## Description

libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. Versions 1.8.7 and prior contain an integer overflow leading to an out-of-bounds heap read in the --crop option handling of img2sixel, where positive coordinates up to INT_MAX are accepted without overflow-safe bounds checking. In sixel_encoder_do_clip(), the expression clip_w + clip_x overflows to a large negative value when clip_x is INT_MAX, causing the bounds guard to be skipped entirely, and the unclamped coordinate is passed through sixel_frame_clip() to clip(), which computes a source pointer far beyond the image buffer and passes it to memmove(). An attacker supplying a specially crafted crop argument with any valid image can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the heap, resulting in a reliable crash and potential information disclosure. This issue has been fixed in version 1.8.7-r1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on saitoha libsixel, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.7-r1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/security/advisories/GHSA-c854-ffg9-g72c
- https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/releases/tag/v1.8.7-r1

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