> CVE-2026-6491 [MEDIUM]

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PUBLISHED
2026-04-17 14:16
MODIFIED
2026-04-17 14:16
CVSS_SCORE V3
4.8
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.16%
Top 94.8%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-04-17 CWE MITRE 🔗 2026-11-01 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-11-08 OSV 🔗 2026-11-02

> DESCRIPTION

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".

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS: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

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS: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
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Local (L)
Exploit nécessite un accès local au système
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
Low (L)
Authentifié avec compte utilisateur basique
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
Low (L)
Divulgation limitée d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
Low (L)
Modification limitée des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
Low (L)
Interruption partielle du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
Low
Divulgation limitée d'informations
Intégrité
Low
Modification limitée des données possible
Disponibilité
Low
Interruption partielle du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-119 CWE-122

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer - The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. | CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow - The product writes past the end of a buffer that was allocated on the heap.

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

libvips nip2 vips7compat.c im_minpos_vec heap-based overflow

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
6 versions affected

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
17/04/2026 14:16
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/11/2026 06:59
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer - The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buff...
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer - The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buff...
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/05/2026 06:01
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer - The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buff...
Total des modifications: 2 Dernière mise à jour: 1 week ago

> REFERENCES

https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/libvips_im_minpos_vec_oob
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4965#issuecomment-4135003499
https://vuldb.com/submit/786994
https://vuldb.com/vuln/358035
https://vuldb.com/vuln/358035/cti
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