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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.8 Medium

CVE-2026-6491

libvips nip2 vips7compat.c im_minpos_vec heap-based overflow

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
VulDB

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in libvips up to 8.18.2. The affected element is the function im_minpos_vec of the file libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c of the component nip2 Handler. Such manipulation of the argument n leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor confirms that they will "be removing the deprecated area in libvips 8.19".

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

n/a libvips

  • 8.18.0affected
  • 8.18.1affected
  • 8.18.2affected

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