CVE-2026-3146 | THREATINT

Description

A vulnerability has been found in libvips up to 8.18.0. The impacted element is the function vips_foreign_load_matrix_header of the file libvips/foreign/matrixload.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The identifier of the patch is d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-24 | Published 2026-02-25 | Updated 2026-02-25 | Assigner VulDB

MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X

LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

1.7AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C

Problem types

NULL Pointer Dereference

Denial of Service

Timeline

2026-02-24:	Advisory disclosed
2026-02-24:	VulDB entry created
2026-02-24:	VulDB entry last update

Credits

Niebelungen (VulDB User) reporter

References

github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4875 exploit

vuldb.com/?id.347652 (VDB-347652 | libvips matrixload.c vips_foreign_load_matrix_header null pointer dereference) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/?ctiid.347652 (VDB-347652 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/?submit.758691 (Submit #758691 | libvips 8.19.0(7fab325d2) NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)) third-party-advisory

github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4875 issue-tracking

github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4888 issue-tracking patch

github.com/...ommit/d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece patch

github.com/libvips/libvips/ product

cve.org (CVE-2026-3146)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-3146)

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