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Description

A vulnerability was detected in libvips 8.19.0. This affects the function vips_bandrank_build of the file libvips/conversion/bandrank.c. Performing a manipulation of the argument index results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named fd28c5463697712cb0ab116a2c55e4f4d92c4088. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-26 | Published 2026-02-27 | Updated 2026-02-27 | Assigner VulDB




MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
4.3AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Problem types

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Timeline

2026-02-26:Advisory disclosed
2026-02-26:VulDB entry created
2026-02-26:VulDB entry last update

Credits

Niebelungen (VulDB User) reporter

References

vuldb.com/?id.348010 (VDB-348010 | libvips bandrank.c vips_bandrank_build heap-based overflow) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/?ctiid.348010 (VDB-348010 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/?submit.758861 (Submit #758861 | libvips 8.19.0(7fab325d2) Improper Validation of Array Index) third-party-advisory

github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4878 issue-tracking

github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4895 issue-tracking patch

github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4878 exploit issue-tracking

github.com/...ommit/fd28c5463697712cb0ab116a2c55e4f4d92c4088 patch

github.com/libvips/libvips/ product

cve.org (CVE-2026-3281)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-3281)

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