CVE-2026-70654
libvips: A well-crafted PPM image processed via a custom source could lead to possible heap buffer write overflow
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.8 Medium
- Published
- Aug 20, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 21, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 4, 2026
Description
libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. Prior to version 8.18.3, applications that define unusual custom libvips sources and use them to process untrusted uncompressed PPM images can trigger a max/min error in vips_source_read_to_memory in libvips/iofuncs/source.c. The function uses VIPS_MAX instead of VIPS_MIN when selecting the remaining read size, allowing up to 4032 bytes to be written beyond the allocated heap buffer and causing memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in version 8.18.3.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 5.8 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libvipslibvips |
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References
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