Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libvips package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBVIPS-15325677
  • published22 Feb 2026
  • disclosed22 Feb 2026
  • creditXianrui Dong

Introduced: 22 Feb 2026

NewCVE-2026-2913  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the vips_source_read_to_memory function. An attacker can cause a crash or disrupt service by providing a specially crafted custom seekable source larger than 4 GiB, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1