medium5.3
CVE-2026-6491
A security vulnerability has been detected in libvips up to 8.18.2.
Impact
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
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Libvips | before 8.18.2. |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/libvips_im_minpos_vec_oob
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965#issuecomment-4135003499
- https://vuldb.com/submit/786994
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/358035
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/358035/cti