PT-2026-33455

CVE-2026-6491

Published

2026-04-17

Updated

2026-04-20

Description by

CVSS 3.1

5.3

Medium

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libvips versions prior to 8.19

Description A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the nip2 Handler component within the im minpos vec() function of the file libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c. This issue occurs when the argument n is manipulated, allowing for a memory corruption. Exploitation requires local access.

Recommendations Update to version 8.19 or later to remove the deprecated area containing the vulnerable function.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Biniam

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow