CVE-2026-6491

A security vulnerability has been detected in libvips up to 8.18.2. The affected element is the function im_minpos_vec of the file libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c of the component nip2 Handler. Such manipulation of the argument n leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor confirms that they will "be removing the deprecated area in libvips 8.19".

CVSS v4.0

1.9 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1

5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 6th percentile

Published

2026-04-17

Updated

2026-04-18

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• biniamf/pocs/tree/main/libvips_im_minpos_vec_oob

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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