CVE-2026-6491 (GCVE-0-2026-6491)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-17 13:45 – Updated: 2026-04-18 02:59
VLAI?
Title
libvips nip2 vips7compat.c im_minpos_vec heap-based overflow
Summary
A security vulnerability has been detected in libvips up to 8.18.2. The affected element is the function im_minpos_vec of the file libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c of the component nip2 Handler. Such manipulation of the argument n leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor confirms that they will "be removing the deprecated area in libvips 8.19".
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Assigner
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Impacted products
Credits
biniam (VulDB User)
VulDB CNA Team
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