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Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in libvips up to 8.18.2. The affected element is the function im_minpos_vec of the file libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c of the component nip2 Handler. Such manipulation of the argument n leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor confirms that they will "be removing the deprecated area in libvips 8.19".

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-17 | Published 2026-04-17 | Updated 2026-04-18 | 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:T/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:T/RC:C
4.3AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:TF/RC:C

Problem types

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Timeline

2026-04-17:Advisory disclosed
2026-04-17:VulDB entry created
2026-04-17:VulDB entry last update

Credits

biniam (VulDB User) reporter

VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

vuldb.com/vuln/358035 (VDB-358035 | libvips nip2 vips7compat.c im_minpos_vec heap-based overflow) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/vuln/358035/cti (VDB-358035 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/submit/786994 (Submit #786994 | libvips 8.19.0 Out-of-Bounds Read) third-party-advisory

github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965 issue-tracking

github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965 issue-tracking

github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/libvips_im_minpos_vec_oob exploit

github.com/libvips/libvips/ product

cve.org (CVE-2026-6491)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-6491)

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