CVE•Published 2018-07-15•Modified 2026-04-24•0 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2018-14072Saitoha · Libsixel

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Description

libsixel 1.8.1 has a memory leak in sixel_decoder_decode in decoder.c, image_buffer_resize in fromsixel.c, and sixel_decode_raw in fromsixel.c.

Timeline

Published 2018-07-15

Modified 2026-04-24

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2018-14072

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Saitoha Libsixel" version:"1.8.1"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Libsixel"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Libsixel" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2018-14072

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2018-14072

Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.

grep.app

CVE-2018-14072

Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.

GitHub code

CVE-2018-14072

GitHub code search for direct mentions.

Google dork

"CVE-2018-14072" exploit -site:nvd.nist.gov

Write-ups and news, NVD excluded.

Known PoCs on GitHub

No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2018-14072 on GitHub.

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