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CVE-2026-2913

libvips source.c vips_source_read_to_memory heap-based overflow

2.0 LowFix available

CVE-2026-2913 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.0) in Libvips, published February 22, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 11th percentile. Fixed in vips 8.14.1-3+deb12u3.

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)."

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.21%Up 0.2 points since Feb 22, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 2.0

libvips source.c vips_source_read_to_memory heap-based overflow

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)."

Record
CVE-2026-2913
CVSS 4.0
2.0 LowCVSS: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
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS 3.0
2.5 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS 2.0
1.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
Weakness
CWE-122, CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-7546 2.0

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)."

Record
EUVD-2026-7546
CVSS 4.0
2.0 LowCVSS: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
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qjwf-h778-47mm 1.1

A vulnerability was determined in libvips up to 8.19.0. The affected element is the function...

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)."

Record
GHSA-qjwf-h778-47mm
CVSS 4.0
1.1 LowCVSS: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
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 1.1

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)."

Record
CVE-2026-2913
CVSS 4.0
1.1 LowCVSS: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
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
1.0 LowAV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 1.1

libvips source.c vips_source_read_to_memory heap-based overflow

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)."

Record
CVE-2026-2913
CVSS 4.0
1.1 LowCVSS: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
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-2913 7.0

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)."

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2913
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-2913 1.1

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)."

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2913
CVSS 4.0
1.1 LowCVSS: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
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:12266-1 No score

libvips-devel-8.18.7-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libvips-devel-8.18.7-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:12266-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
vips
Debian:12
before 8.14.1-3+deb12u3, plus listed versions
8.14.1-38.14.1-3+deb12u18.14.1-3+deb12u2
8.14.1-3+deb12u3
vips
Debian:13
before 8.16.1-1+deb13u1, plus listed versions
8.16.1-1
8.16.1-1+deb13u1
vips
Debian:14
before 8.18.0-2, plus listed versions
8.16.1-18.16.1-28.17.3-18.17.3-28.18.0-1
8.18.0-2
vips
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
7.40.6-2ubuntu28.0.2-28.2.1-18.2.2-18.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
vips
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
8.4.5-1build18.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm18.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
None known
vips
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
8.7.4-1build18.8.3-38.8.3-3ubuntu18.9.0-18.9.0-1build1
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8.9.1-18.9.1-28.9.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm18.9.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
None known
vips
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
8.10.5-2ubuntu18.11.4-28.12.1-18.12.1-1build18.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm18.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm28.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
None known
vips
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
8.14.3-18.14.5-18.15.0-18.15.0-28.15.1-1
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8.15.1-1build18.15.1-1.1build38.15.1-1.1build48.15.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm18.15.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm2
None known
vips
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
8.16.0-2build18.16.1-1
None known
vips
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
8.18.0-1build18.18.3-18.18.4-18.18.5-1
None known
vips
Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
8.16.1-18.16.1-28.17.3-28.18.0-18.18.0-1build18.18.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm18.18.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
None known
vips
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 8.18.7-1.1
8.18.7-1.1

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03affected, factsOSV
2026-11-02createdCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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