CVE-2026-35590

libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. The EXIF decoder within libvips versions before and including 8.18.1 was not verifying the range of EXIF tag groups before passing data to libexif, leading to a possible null pointer dereference and crash. This has been patched in version 8.18.2.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/91ebd4d35341a8353ea490392d556d582e4b846f	Patch
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4972	Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-jmwm-wc68-mhwm	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-20 17:17

Updated : 2026-08-19 19:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-35590

Mitre link : CVE-2026-35590

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-35590

JSON object : View

Products Affected

libvips

libvips

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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