CVE-2026-2913
A vulnerability was determined in libvips up to 8.19.0. The affected element is the function vips_source_read_to_memory of the file libvips/iofuncs/source.c. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: a56feecbe9ed66521d9647ec9fbcd2546eccd7ee. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue. The confirmation of the bugfix mentions: "[T]he impact of this is negligible, since this only affects custom seekable sources larger than 4 GiB (and the crash occurs in user code rather than libvips itself)."
EPSS 0.23% · 12.7th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | libvips | 8.16, 8.1, 8.11 |
| libvips | libvips | 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Feb 22, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 22, 2026 CVE Published
- Feb 23, 2026 CVE Updated
- Feb 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 26, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2026 EPSS Score
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- Mar 12, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://vuldb.com/?id.347222 url
- Submit #755224 | libvips (libvips project) libvips 8.19.0 Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/ vendor
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2913 advisory
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857 discussion
- VDB-347222 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) url
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips url
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857#issuecomment-3878479322 discussion
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/a56feecbe9ed66521d9647ec9fbcd2546eccd7ee fix
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857#issue-3920154326 discussion