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CVE-2026-111143: Ansilove libansilove through 1.4.2 Out-of-Bounds Read via ansilove_xbin RLE Decoding

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-15 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Ansilove libansilove through 1.4.2 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ansilove_xbin() in src/loaders/xbin.c that lacks bounds checks for compressed run-length records. Attackers can supply a crafted compressed XBIN file ending in a control byte such as 0x7F to read past the input buffer, crashing applications that render untrusted XBIN art.

Affected products

• ansilove libansilove: through 1.4.2

References

• https://github.com/ansilove/libansilove
• https://github.com/ansilove/libansilove/blob/f1b05447aa566aa4eef9b05ebf8c2aaf1e379cd3/src/loaders/xbin.c#L169-L241
• https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/libansilove-xbin-rle-oob-read-and-null-font-deref
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ansilove-libansilove-through-1.4.2-out-of-bounds-read-via-ansilove-xbin-rle-decoding

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