libvips nip2 vips7compat.c im_minpos_vec heap-based overflow_CVE-2026-6491

4.8 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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".

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-6491

Source VulDB

Published Apr 17, 2026 at 13:45

Affected Product

Vendor n/a

Product libvips

Version 8.18.0

Affected Versions n/a libvips 8.18.0
n/a libvips 8.18.1
n/a libvips 8.18.2

CWE Classification

CWE-122 CWE-119

References

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