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Fedora 41: libsixel Important Buffer Overflow CVE-2025-9300

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Update for significant buffer overflow vulnerability in libsixel resolved in Fedora 41 patch associated with CVE-2025-9300.
Apply fix for CVE-2025-9300

Summary

An encoder/decoder implementation for DEC SIXEL graphics.

Update Information:

Apply fix for CVE-2025-9300

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security advisory fedora buffer overflow important fix libsixel

Change Log

* Tue Aug 26 2025 ErrorNoInternet - 1.10.5-3 - Apply fix for CVE-2025-9300

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2390150 - CVE-2025-9300 libsixel: buffer overflow in img2sixel when processing crafted image files [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2390150

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-4647d515fc' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: libsixel
Product: Fedora 41
Version: 1.10.5
Release: 3.fc41
URL: https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel
Summary: SIXEL encoding and decoding

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora buffer overflow important fix libsixel

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