Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libvips/libvips package, versions [,8.16.1)
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- published8 Apr 2025
- disclosed7 Apr 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 7 Apr 2025
NewCVE-2025-29769 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade libvips/libvips to version 8.16.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the heifsave operation which could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as multiband. An attacker can crash the process by providing a well-crafted TIFF image with 4 channels when HEIF-based output is requested, leading to an attempt to write 4 channels of data into a 3 channel HEIF image, causing a heap buffer overflow.
Workaround
This can be mitigated by blocking the VipsForeignSaveHeif operation via vips_operation_block_set, which is available in most language bindings.