CVE-2026-6491

LOW EPSS 5.6%
Published Apr 17, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
1.9 CVSS 4.0
Low
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Published Apr 17, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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".

CVSS Details

Base Score
1.9
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
5.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Memory Safety
CWE-122

References 7

  • github.com https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/libvips_im_minpos_vec_oob
  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/
  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965
  • github.com https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965#issuecomment-4135003499
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/submit/786994
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/vuln/358035
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/vuln/358035/cti

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

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