A vulnerability was determined in libvips up to 8.19.0. The affected element is the function vips_source_read_to_memory of the file libvips/iofuncs/source.c. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: a56feecbe9ed66521d9647ec9fbcd2546eccd7ee. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue. The confirmation of the bugfix mentions: "[T]he impact of this is negligible, since this only affects custom seekable sources larger than 4 GiB (and the crash occurs in user code rather than libvips itself)."
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/libvips/libvips/ | Product |
| https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/a56feecbe9ed66521d9647ec9fbcd2546eccd7ee | Patch |
| https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857 | Issue Tracking |
| https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857#issue-3920154326 | Exploit Issue Tracking |
| https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857#issuecomment-3878479322 | Exploit Issue Tracking |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347222 | Permissions Required VDB Entry |
| https://vuldb.com/?id.347222 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.755224 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Configurations
History
24 Feb 2026, 16:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://github.com/libvips/libvips/ - Product | |
| References | () https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/a56feecbe9ed66521d9647ec9fbcd2546eccd7ee - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857 - Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857#issue-3920154326 - Exploit, Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4857#issuecomment-3878479322 - Exploit, Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.347222 - Permissions Required, VDB Entry | |
| References | () https://vuldb.com/?id.347222 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| References | () https://vuldb.com/?submit.755224 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Libvips libvips
Libvips |
23 Feb 2026, 18:13
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| Summary |
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22 Feb 2026, 04:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-02-22 04:15
Updated : 2026-02-24 16:15
NVD link : CVE-2026-2913
Mitre link : CVE-2026-2913
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-2913
JSON object : View
Products Affected
libvips
- libvips
