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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-20023

A memory leak was discovered in image_buffer_resize in fromsixel.c in libsixel 1.8.4.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-20023

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Dec 2019, 02:15 UTC

A memory leak was discovered in image_buffer_resize in fromsixel.c in libsixel 1.8.4.

osv:CVE-2019-20023
Complete source record
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