Potential segfault due to NULL pointer dereference in libvips
Priority LOW 24CWE-476Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00252 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed libvips (libvips): 8.14.4
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libvips | libvips | before 8.14.4 | 8.14.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- libvips Vendorlibvips Affected before 8.14.4 Fixed in 8.14.4 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 39 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.12.0 to before 8.14.4 | Vulnerable | libvips |
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 39 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12.0 to before 8.14.4 Vulnerable ·libvips
Remediation
- Fix · CNA libvips (libvips) Fixed in 8.14.4
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-40032
References
Patch 3
More Libvips vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-02835 libvips extract.c vips_extract_area_build integer overflow CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-02834 libvips extract.c vips_extract_band_build out-of-bounds CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-02833 libvips unpremultiply.c vips_unpremultiply_build out-of-bounds CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-02832 libvips bandrank.c vips_bandrank_build heap-based overflow CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-02719 libvips csvload.c vips_foreign_load_csv_build heap-based overflow CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-02718 libvips matrixload.c vips_foreign_load_matrix_header null pointer dereference CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-40032 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-40032 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2023-40032 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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