CVE-2026-6491
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 5 %ileEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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".
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.1–5.3
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affected products (3)
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references (16)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-6491cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6491cnnvd
- https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/libvips_im_minpos_vec_oobenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965#issuecomment-4135003499enisa_euvd
- https://vuldb.com/submit/786994enisa_euvd
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/358035enisa_euvd
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