Security advisory

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  "id": "3bd2ba9a60aa278c63ee61b70cf26fccffbf51a8ca2c393e2a4e6358d3e2a87b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36120",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-36120",
    "summary": "Buffer Overflow in the \"sixel_encoder_encode_bytes\" function of Libsixel v1.8.6 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-36120",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-36120",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-36120"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "6a5be8b72d84037b83a5ea838e17bcf372ab1d5f"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6a5be8b72d84037b83a5ea838e17bcf372ab1d5f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:saitoha:libsixel:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.8.6"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.8.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.8.6",
            "v1.8.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36120.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:20.653034334Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/issues/143"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-36120",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385111,
  "published_at": "2021-04-14T14:15:13.287+00:00"
}