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TI-2026-27693 Aliases CVE-2026-35590

Possible out-of-bounds read leading to crash when decoding well-crafted EXIF metadata

Priority LOW 29CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. The EXIF decoder within libvips versions before and including 8.18.1 was not verifying the range of EXIF tag groups before passing data to libexif, leading to a possible null pointer dereference and crash. This has been patched in version 8.18.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00147 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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
libvipslibvipsup to 8.18.1—No fix listedCNA
  • libvips Vendorlibvips Affected up to 8.18.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 8.18.2Vulnerablelibvips
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.18.2 Vulnerable ·libvips

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-35590

References

Patch 2

Advisory 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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Sources

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