Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting vips package, versions <8.16.1-1+deb13u2
Threat Intelligence
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- published23 Aug 2026
- disclosed20 Aug 2026
Introduced: 20 Aug 2026
CVE-2026-69242 (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 fast image processing library with low memory needs. Prior to version 8.18.3, a crafted many-band TIFF processed through VipsForeignLoadTiff can evade scanline validation in libvips/iofuncs/image.c and cause an integer overflow in vips_image_sanity. The resulting buffer-region calculation can access attacker-controlled negative offsets in mmap-resident allocations, allowing reads or writes of other image data, possible data disclosure through uncompressed .v output, and likely process crashes. Remote code execution has not been demonstrated but cannot be ruled out. This issue is fixed in version 8.18.3.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-69242
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/c72f50927413cd2451837d9813f954bc5d88f548
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/5012
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.18.3
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-9rwc-f68v-4482