Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-21048

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 14 September 2021

Published
14 September 2021
Modified
24 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0041 61.9th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-21048 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Saitoha Libsixel. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 38.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue in the dither.c component of libsixel prior to v1.8.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted PNG file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

saitoha
libsixel
≤ 1.8.4

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References