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TI-2025-37321 Aliases CVE-2025-59933

libvips is vulnerable to Buffer Over-Read in poppler-based pdfload

Priority LOW 22CWE-126Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. For versions 8.17.1 and below, when libvips is compiled with support for PDF input via poppler, the pdfload operation is affected by a buffer read overflow when parsing the header of a crafted PDF with a page that defines a width but not a height. Those using libvips compiled without support for PDF input are unaffected as well as thosewith support for PDF input via PDFium. This issue is fixed in version 8.17.2. A workaround for those affected is to block the VipsForeignLoadPdf operation via vips_operation_block_set, which is available in most language bindings, or to set VIPS_BLOCK_UNTRUSTED environment variable at runtime, which will block all untrusted loaders including PDF input via poppler.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00189 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed libvips (libvips): 8.17.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
libvipslibvipsbefore 8.17.28.17.2Patch availableCNA
  • libvips Vendorlibvips Affected before 8.17.2 Fixed in 8.17.2 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 8.17.2Vulnerablelibvips
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.17.2 Vulnerable ·libvips

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA libvips (libvips) Fixed in 8.17.2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-59933

References

Patch 2

Other 1

  • 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
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