ubuntu-cve-2026-3146
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-02-25 03:16
Modified
2026-05-20 15:24
Summary
Details

A vulnerability has been found in libvips up to 8.18.0. The impacted element is the function vips_foreign_load_matrix_header of the file libvips/foreign/matrixload.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The identifier of the patch is d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A vulnerability has been found in libvips up to 8.18.0. The impacted element is the function vips_foreign_load_matrix_header of the file libvips/foreign/matrixload.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The identifier of the patch is d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3146",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:24:29Z",
  "published": "2026-02-25T03:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-3146"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3146"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4875"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4888"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347652"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.347652"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.758691"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
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    {
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    {
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    }
  ],
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  ]
}



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