Is CVE-2018-14073 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-14073 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-14073?

CVE-2018-14073 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-14073?

CVE-2018-14073 has an EPSS score of 1.45% (70th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-14073?

Upgrade libsixel on debian 11 to 1.8.2-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-14073

HIGHEPSS 70th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

libsixel 1.8.1 has a memory leak in sixel_allocator_new in allocator.c.

CWE-772

How to fix

Remediation Available

libsixelDebian

Fixed in:1.8.2-1CVE-2018-14073

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days

70thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

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CVE-2021-22883	High	7.5	77%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-2398	High	8.6	36%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-9375	High	7.5	28%	-	-
CVE-1999-1127	High	7.5	18%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-24.