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TI-2026-48581 Aliases CVE-2026-69242

libvips: Integer overflow leading to heap buffer overflow leading to possible attacker-controlled mmap-resident write

Priority LOW 36CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. Prior to version 8.18.3, a crafted many-band TIFF processed through VipsForeignLoadTiff can evade scanline validation in libvips/iofuncs/image.c and cause an integer overflow in vips_image_sanity. The resulting buffer-region calculation can access attacker-controlled negative offsets in mmap-resident allocations, allowing reads or writes of other image data, possible data disclosure through uncompressed .v output, and likely process crashes. Remote code execution has not been demonstrated but cannot be ruled out. This issue is fixed in version 8.18.3.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00192 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed libvips (libvips): 8.18.3

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 8.18.38.18.3Patch availableCNA
  • libvips Vendorlibvips Affected before 8.18.3 Fixed in 8.18.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——libvips
  • cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·libvips

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA libvips (libvips) Fixed in 8.18.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-69242

References

Other 4

  • 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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