ubuntu-cve-2019-6976
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-01-26 23:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

libvips before 8.7.4 generates output images from uninitialized memory locations when processing corrupted input image data because iofuncs/memory.c does not zero out allocated memory. This can result in leaking raw process memory contents through the output image.

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0",
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libvips-tools",
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libvips42",
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-vipscc",
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "vips",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "7.40.6-2ubuntu2",
        "8.0.2-2",
        "8.2.1-1",
        "8.2.2-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0",
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libvips-tools",
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libvips42",
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-vipscc",
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "vips",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "8.4.5-1build1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "libvips before 8.7.4 generates output images from uninitialized memory locations when processing corrupted input image data because iofuncs/memory.c does not zero out allocated memory. This can result in leaking raw process memory contents through the output image.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6976",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:53Z",
  "published": "2019-01-26T23:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6976"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://blog.silentsignal.eu/2019/04/18/drop-by-drop-bleeding-through-libvips/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/00622428bda8d7521db8d74260b519fa41d69d0a"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.7.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6437-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6976"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6437-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-6976"
  ]
}



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