Riskcovery

CVE-2026-2913

libvips source.c vips_source_read_to_memory heap-based overflow

State
Published
Severity
2.0 Low
Published
Feb 22, 2026
Updated
Feb 23, 2026
Reserved
Feb 20, 2026

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Description

A vulnerability was determined in libvips up to 8.19.0. The affected element is the function vips_source_read_to_memory of the file libvips/iofuncs/source.c. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: a56feecbe9ed66521d9647ec9fbcd2546eccd7ee. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue. The confirmation of the bugfix mentions: "[T]he impact of this is negligible, since this only affects custom seekable sources larger than 4 GiB (and the crash occurs in user code rather than libvips itself)."

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.02.0 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:PVulDB
3.12.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:CVulDB
3.02.5 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:CVulDB
2.01.0 LowAV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:CVulDB

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libvipsn/a
  • 8.0Affected
  • 8.1Affected
  • 8.2Affected
  • 8.3Affected
  • 8.4Affected
  • 8.5Affected
  • 8.6Affected
  • 8.7Affected
  • 8.8Affected
  • 8.9Affected
  • 8.10Affected
  • 8.11Affected
  • 8.12Affected
  • 8.13Affected
  • 8.14Affected
  • 8.15Affected
  • 8.16Affected
  • 8.17Affected
  • 8.18Affected
  • 8.19.0Affected

References

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