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general
  • source: libcaca (main)
  • version: 0.99.beta20-6
  • maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Sebastian Ramacher [DMD]
  • arch: any
  • std-ver: 4.7.2
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 0.99.beta19-2.2
  • o-o-sec: 0.99.beta19-2.2+deb11u1
  • oldstable: 0.99.beta20-3
  • stable: 0.99.beta20-5
  • testing: 0.99.beta20-6
  • unstable: 0.99.beta20-6
versioned links
  • 0.99.beta19-2.2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 0.99.beta19-2.2+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 0.99.beta20-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 0.99.beta20-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 0.99.beta20-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • caca-utils (4 bugs: 0, 2, 2, 0)
  • libcaca-dev
  • libcaca0 (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
action needed
1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:
  • CVE-2026-42046: libcaca is a colour ASCII art library. In 0.99.beta20 and earlier, an integer overflow vulnerability in libcaca's canvas import functionality allows an attacker to cause a controlled heap out-of-bounds write (heap overflow) by supplying a crafted file in the "caca" format. Depending on the build configuration and memory allocator, this may lead to memory corruption or remote code execution. This is the same vulnerability as CVE-2021-3410 but the fix at that time was not fully correct. Commit fb77acff9ba6bb01d53940da34fb10f20b156a23 fixes this vulnerability.
Created: 2026-05-17 Last update: 2026-05-17 18:30
1 security issue in forky high

There is 1 open security issue in forky.

1 important issue:
  • CVE-2026-42046: libcaca is a colour ASCII art library. In 0.99.beta20 and earlier, an integer overflow vulnerability in libcaca's canvas import functionality allows an attacker to cause a controlled heap out-of-bounds write (heap overflow) by supplying a crafted file in the "caca" format. Depending on the build configuration and memory allocator, this may lead to memory corruption or remote code execution. This is the same vulnerability as CVE-2021-3410 but the fix at that time was not fully correct. Commit fb77acff9ba6bb01d53940da34fb10f20b156a23 fixes this vulnerability.
Created: 2026-05-17 Last update: 2026-05-17 18:30
1 security issue in bullseye high

There is 1 open security issue in bullseye.

1 important issue:
  • CVE-2026-42046: libcaca is a colour ASCII art library. In 0.99.beta20 and earlier, an integer overflow vulnerability in libcaca's canvas import functionality allows an attacker to cause a controlled heap out-of-bounds write (heap overflow) by supplying a crafted file in the "caca" format. Depending on the build configuration and memory allocator, this may lead to memory corruption or remote code execution. This is the same vulnerability as CVE-2021-3410 but the fix at that time was not fully correct. Commit fb77acff9ba6bb01d53940da34fb10f20b156a23 fixes this vulnerability.
Created: 2026-05-17 Last update: 2026-05-17 18:30
lintian reports 170 warnings normal
Lintian reports 170 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-09-26 Last update: 2026-02-28 15:01
1 low-priority security issue in trixie low

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2026-42046: (needs triaging) libcaca is a colour ASCII art library. In 0.99.beta20 and earlier, an integer overflow vulnerability in libcaca's canvas import functionality allows an attacker to cause a controlled heap out-of-bounds write (heap overflow) by supplying a crafted file in the "caca" format. Depending on the build configuration and memory allocator, this may lead to memory corruption or remote code execution. This is the same vulnerability as CVE-2021-3410 but the fix at that time was not fully correct. Commit fb77acff9ba6bb01d53940da34fb10f20b156a23 fixes this vulnerability.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2026-05-17 Last update: 2026-05-17 18:30
1 low-priority security issue in bookworm low

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2026-42046: (needs triaging) libcaca is a colour ASCII art library. In 0.99.beta20 and earlier, an integer overflow vulnerability in libcaca's canvas import functionality allows an attacker to cause a controlled heap out-of-bounds write (heap overflow) by supplying a crafted file in the "caca" format. Depending on the build configuration and memory allocator, this may lead to memory corruption or remote code execution. This is the same vulnerability as CVE-2021-3410 but the fix at that time was not fully correct. Commit fb77acff9ba6bb01d53940da34fb10f20b156a23 fixes this vulnerability.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2026-05-17 Last update: 2026-05-17 18:30
debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 4 debian patches available in version 0.99.beta20-6 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 3 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.
Created: 2023-09-04 Last update: 2025-09-26 19:31
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.2).
Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01
news
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  • [2025-09-28] libcaca 0.99.beta20-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-09-26] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta20-6 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
  • [2025-07-28] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-2.2+deb11u1 (source) into oldstable-security (Thorsten Alteholz)
  • [2024-08-14] libcaca 0.99.beta20-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-08-11] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta20-5 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
  • [2024-04-07] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-2.1+deb10u1 (source) into oldoldstable (Thorsten Alteholz)
  • [2023-09-06] libcaca 0.99.beta20-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-09-03] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta20-4 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
  • [2022-07-14] libcaca 0.99.beta20-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-07-12] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta20-3 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
  • [2022-06-16] libcaca 0.99.beta20-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-06-12] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta20-2 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
  • [2022-06-12] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta20-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
  • [2022-06-09] libcaca 0.99.beta19-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-06-07] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-6 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
  • [2022-06-06] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-5 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
  • [2022-06-05] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-4 (source) into unstable (Jelmer Vernooij) (signed by: Jelmer Vernooij)
  • [2022-05-31] libcaca 0.99.beta19-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-05-28] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-3 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni) (signed by: Adam Borowski)
  • [2021-03-28] libcaca 0.99.beta19-2.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-03-20] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-2.2 (source) into unstable (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
  • [2021-03-06] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-2.1~deb9u2 (source) into oldstable (Abhijith PA)
  • [2019-08-31] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-2.1~deb9u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates->oldstable-new, oldstable-proposed-updates (Andreas Beckmann)
  • [2019-04-11] libcaca 0.99.beta19-2.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2019-04-08] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-2.1 (source) into unstable (Tobias Frost)
  • [2019-01-09] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-2+deb8u1 (source amd64) into oldstable (Markus Koschany)
  • [2014-06-24] libcaca 0.99.beta19-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2014-06-02] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-2 (source amd64) (Sam Hocevar)
  • [2014-05-19] Accepted libcaca 0.99.beta19-1 (source amd64) (Sam Hocevar)
  • [2014-02-19] libcaca 0.99.beta18-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 7
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 5
  • M&W: 2
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 0
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  • version: 0.99.beta20-6ubuntu2
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