Out-of-bounds read and write via scanline overflow
Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Integer overflow in VipsForeignLoadTiff in libvips before 8.18.3 allows attackers to read or write image data via a crafted TIFF. The TIFF loader can accept a many-band image whose scanline size evades validation, and vips_image_sanity in libvips/iofuncs/image.c does not reject scanlines that exceed INT_MAX, so later buffer-region arithmetic uses attacker-controlled negative mmap offsets. Exploitation requires feeding an untrusted TIFF to a libvips-based process; observed consequences are disclosure or corruption of other image buffers and likely process crashes, while public sources have not demonstrated code execution.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in VipsForeignLoadTiff in libvips before 8.18.3 allows attackers to read or write image data via a crafted TIFF. The TIFF loader can accept a many-band image whose scanline size evades validation, and vips_image_sanity in libvips/iofuncs/image.c does not reject scanlines that exceed INT_MAX, so later buffer-region arithmetic uses attacker-controlled negative mmap offsets. Exploitation requires feeding an untrusted TIFF to a libvips-based process; observed consequences are disclosure or corruption of other image buffers and likely process crashes, while public sources have not demonstrated code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-69242
- Published
- Aug 20, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- libvips
- Product
- libvips
- Classifications
- CWE-190, CWE-122
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 8.18.3
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