Out-of-Bounds Affecting vips package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-VIPS-18067318
  • published21 Jul 2026
  • disclosed17 Apr 2026

Introduced: 17 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-6491  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Echo:latest vips.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vips package and not the vips package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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".

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1