Description
libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. Prior to version 8.18.3, applications that define unusual custom libvips sources and use them to process untrusted uncompressed PPM images can trigger a max/min error in vips_source_read_to_memory in libvips/iofuncs/source.c. The function uses VIPS_MAX instead of VIPS_MIN when selecting the remaining read size, allowing up to 4032 bytes to be written beyond the allocated heap buffer and causing memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in version 8.18.3.
Published: 2026-08-20
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Description libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. Prior to version 8.18.3, applications that define unusual custom libvips sources and use them to process untrusted uncompressed PPM images can trigger a max/min error in vips_source_read_to_memory in libvips/iofuncs/source.c. The function uses VIPS_MAX instead of VIPS_MIN when selecting the remaining read size, allowing up to 4032 bytes to be written beyond the allocated heap buffer and causing memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in version 8.18.3.
Title libvips: A well-crafted PPM image processed via a custom source could lead to possible heap buffer write overflow
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T21:07:25.540Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T21:48:08.612Z

Link: CVE-2026-70654

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-20T21:17:08.567

Modified: 2026-08-20T21:17:08.567

Link: CVE-2026-70654

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-122

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow