CVE-2023-40032

MEDIUM EPSS 14.8%
Published Sep 11, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 11, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. A specially crafted SVG input can cause libvips versions 8.14.3 or earlier to segfault when attempting to parse a malformed UTF-8 character. Users should upgrade to libvips version 8.14.4 (or later) when processing untrusted input.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
14.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
fedoraprojectfedora39any
libvipslibvips*≥8.12.0  –  <8.14.4

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/e091d65835966ef56d53a4105a7362cafdb1582b
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/3604
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-33qp-9pq7-9584
    MitigationPatchVendor Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YU2FFC47X2XDEGEHEWAGLU5L3R6FEYD2/
    Mailing List

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/e091d65835966ef56d53a4105a7362cafdb1582b
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/3604
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-33qp-9pq7-9584
    MitigationPatchVendor Advisory