Buffer Over-read Affecting vips package, versions <8.16.1-1+deb13u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-VIPS-18067323
  • published21 Jul 2026
  • disclosed29 Sept 2025

Introduced: 29 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-59933  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest vips to version 8.16.1-1+deb13u2 or higher.

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.

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. For versions 8.17.1 and below, when libvips is compiled with support for PDF input via poppler, the pdfload operation is affected by a buffer read overflow when parsing the header of a crafted PDF with a page that defines a width but not a height. Those using libvips compiled without support for PDF input are unaffected as well as thosewith support for PDF input via PDFium. This issue is fixed in version 8.17.2. A workaround for those affected is to block the VipsForeignLoadPdf operation via vips_operation_block_set, which is available in most language bindings, or to set VIPS_BLOCK_UNTRUSTED environment variable at runtime, which will block all untrusted loaders including PDF input via poppler.

CVSS Base Scores

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