CVE-2026-70654
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. Prior to version 8.18.3, applications that define unusual custom libvips sources and use them to process untrusted uncompressed PPM images can trigger a max/min error in vips_source_read_to_memory in libvips/iofuncs/source.c. The function uses VIPS_MAX instead of VIPS_MIN when selecting the remaining read size, allowing up to 4032 bytes to be written beyond the allocated heap buffer and causing memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in version 8.18.3.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.8
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-20 21:17:08.567000
Last modified
2026-10-26 10:10:00.140000
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"id": "CVE-2026-70654",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-20T21:17:08.567",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T10:10:00.140",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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"value": "libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. Prior to version 8.18.3, applications that define unusual custom libvips sources and use them to process untrusted uncompressed PPM images can trigger a max/min error in vips_source_read_to_memory in libvips/iofuncs/source.c. The function uses VIPS_MAX instead of VIPS_MIN when selecting the remaining read size, allowing up to 4032 bytes to be written beyond the allocated heap buffer and causing memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in version 8.18.3."
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"value": "libvips es una rápida biblioteca de procesamiento de imágenes con bajas necesidades de memoria. Antes de la versión 8.18.3, las aplicaciones que definen fuentes libvips personalizadas inusuales y las usan para procesar imágenes PPM sin comprimir no confiables pueden desencadenar un error de max/min en vips_source_read_to_memory en libvips/iofuncs/source.c. La función utiliza VIPS_MAX en lugar de VIPS_MIN al seleccionar el tamaño de lectura restante, permitiendo que se escriban hasta 4032 bytes más allá del búfer de pila asignado y causando corrupción de memoria o un fallo del proceso. Este problema está solucionado en la versión 8.18.3."
}
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"affected": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"product": "libvips",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/80e021c6cdda0f80b756c2109d99839c94c03258",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/5038",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.18.3",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-rjmm-3qch-m9rg",
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}