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low 2.5

CVE-2026-2913 json

libvips source.c vips_source_read_to_memory heap-based overflow

published 2026-02-22 8 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-7546

cvss
2.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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)."

Patch / fix

  • vips Debian 12 8.14.1-3+deb12u3
  • vips Debian 13 8.16.1-1+deb13u1
  • vips Debian 14 8.18.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2913

  • vips openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.18.7-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12266-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-2913 updated cvss 2.5

libvips: libvips: Denial of Service via heap-based buffer overflow in vips_source_read_to_memory

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 rhelai3/bootc-cuda-rhel9, rhelai3/disk-image-cuda-rhel9 Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 2 com.github.streamshub-console Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 3 com.github.streamshub-console
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
8 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857#issue-3920154326 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857#issuecomment-3878479322 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 2.0 CVSS: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:P
CNA 3.1 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.0 2.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 2.0 1.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
CNA 4.0 1.1 CVSS: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:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 2.0 1.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a libvips

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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