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CVE-2025-29769

libvips has a potential heap-based buffer overflow when attempting to convert multiband TIFF input to HEIF output

8.5 HighFix available

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. The heifsave operation could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as "multiband". There aren't many ways to create a "multiband" input, but it is possible with a well-crafted TIFF image. If a "multiband" TIFF input image had 4 channels and HEIF-based output was requested, this led to libvips creating a 3 channel HEIF image without an alpha channel but then attempting to write 4 channels of data. This caused a heap buffer overflow, which could crash the process. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.16.1.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.29%Up 0.3 points since Apr 8, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.5

libvips has a potential heap-based buffer overflow when attempting to convert multiband TIFF input to HEIF output

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. The heifsave operation could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as "multiband". There aren't many ways to create a "multiband" input, but it is possible with a well-crafted TIFF image. If a "multiband" TIFF input image had 4 channels and HEIF-based output was requested, this led to libvips creating a 3 channel HEIF image without an alpha channel but then attempting to write 4 channels of data. This caused a heap buffer overflow, which could crash the process. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.16.1.

Record
CVE-2025-29769
CVSS 4.0
8.5 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10391 8.5

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. The heifsave operation could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as "multiband". There aren't many ways to create a "multiband" input, but it is possible with a well-crafted TIFF image. If a "multiband" TIFF input image had 4 channels and HEIF-based output was requested, this led to libvips creating a 3 channel HEIF image without an alpha channel but then attempting to write 4 channels of data. This caused a heap buffer overflow, which could crash the process. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.16.1.

Record
EUVD-2025-10391
CVSS 4.0
8.5 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.5

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. The heifsave operation could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as "multiband". There aren't many ways to create a "multiband" input, but it is possible with a well-crafted TIFF image. If a "multiband" TIFF input image had 4 channels and HEIF-based output was requested, this led to libvips creating a 3 channel HEIF image without an alpha channel but then attempting to write 4 channels of data. This caused a heap buffer overflow, which could crash the process. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.16.1.

Record
CVE-2025-29769
CVSS 4.0
8.5 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.5

libvips has a potential heap-based buffer overflow when attempting to convert multiband TIFF input to HEIF output

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. The heifsave operation could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as "multiband". There aren't many ways to create a "multiband" input, but it is possible with a well-crafted TIFF image. If a "multiband" TIFF input image had 4 channels and HEIF-based output was requested, this led to libvips creating a 3 channel HEIF image without an alpha channel but then attempting to write 4 channels of data. This caused a heap buffer overflow, which could crash the process. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.16.1.

Record
CVE-2025-29769
CVSS 4.0
8.5 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-29769 5.5

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. The heifsave operation could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as "multiband". There aren't many ways to create a "multiband" input, but it is possible with a well-crafted TIFF image. If a "multiband" TIFF input image had 4 channels and HEIF-based output was requested, this led to libvips creating a 3 channel HEIF image without an alpha channel but then attempting to write 4 channels of data. This caused a heap buffer overflow, which could crash the process. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.16.1.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29769
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-29769 8.5

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. The heifsave operation could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as "multiband". There aren't many ways to create a "multiband" input, but it is possible with a well-crafted TIFF image. If a "multiband" TIFF input image had 4 channels and HEIF-based output was requested, this led to libvips creating a 3 channel HEIF image without an alpha channel but then attempting to write 4 channels of data. This caused a heap buffer overflow, which could crash the process. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.16.1.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29769
CVSS 4.0
8.5 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-8755-1 No score

vips vulnerability

It was discovered that libvips incorrectly handled specially crafted TIFF images when saving them as HEIF images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libvips to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
USN-8755-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
vips
Debian:12
before 8.14.1-3+deb12u2, plus listed versions
8.14.1-38.14.1-3+deb12u1
8.14.1-3+deb12u2
vips
Debian:13
before 8.16.1-1
8.16.1-1
vips
Debian:14
before 8.16.1-1
8.16.1-1
vips
Debian:11
before 8.10.5-2+deb11u1, plus listed versions
8.10.5-2
8.10.5-2+deb11u1
vips
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 8.9.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
8.7.4-1build18.8.3-38.8.3-3ubuntu18.9.0-18.9.0-1build18.9.1-18.9.1-2
8.9.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
vips
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
before 8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, plus listed versions
8.10.5-2ubuntu18.11.4-28.12.1-18.12.1-1build18.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
vips
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
before 8.15.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
8.14.3-18.14.5-18.15.0-18.15.0-28.15.1-18.15.1-1build18.15.1-1.1build38.15.1-1.1build4
8.15.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
vips
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
8.16.0-2build18.16.1-1
None known
vips
Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS
before 8.18.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
8.16.1-18.16.1-28.17.3-28.18.0-18.18.0-1build1
8.18.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2025-29769 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.5) in Libvips, published April 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. Fixed in vips 8.14.1-3+deb12u2.

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