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CVE-2026-6491

MEDIUM

5.3

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".

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.3

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published4/17/2026

Last Modified4/17/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119CWE-122

References

https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/libvips_im_minpos_vec_oob(cna@vuldb.com)

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/(cna@vuldb.com)

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965(cna@vuldb.com)

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965#issuecomment-4135003499(cna@vuldb.com)

https://vuldb.com/submit/786994(cna@vuldb.com)

https://vuldb.com/vuln/358035(cna@vuldb.com)

https://vuldb.com/vuln/358035/cti(cna@vuldb.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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