Process crash via extract-area bounds-check overflow
Published Feb 27, 2026 · Updated Feb 27, 2026
Integer overflow in libvips 8.19.0 allows local users to crash image-processing processes through crafted extract-area coordinates. vips_extract_area_build adds attacker-controlled left or top coordinates to width or height as signed integers, so wraparound bypasses its bounds check and sends invalid offsets to vips_region_copy. Exploitation requires local access to invoke extract_area with near-maximum coordinates and interrupts the affected process.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in libvips 8.19.0 allows local users to crash image-processing processes through crafted extract-area coordinates. vips_extract_area_build adds attacker-controlled left or top coordinates to width or height as signed integers, so wraparound bypasses its bounds check and sends invalid offsets to vips_region_copy. Exploitation requires local access to invoke extract_area with near-maximum coordinates and interrupts the affected process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-3284
- Published
- Feb 27, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2026
- Vendor
- libvips
- Product
- libvips
- Classifications
- CWE-190, CWE-189
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=8.19.0
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- libvips extract_area crash reproducerproof of concept · demonstrated
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