Description
A vulnerability has been found in libvips up to 8.18.0. The impacted element is the function vips_foreign_load_matrix_header of the file libvips/foreign/matrixload.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The identifier of the patch is d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Permissions Required, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.347652
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347652
Permissions Required, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.758691
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4875
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
patch
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4888
Various Sources product
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
6.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-404
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (1)
libvips/libvips
< 8.18.0
Published
Feb 25, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 25, 2026