CVE-2026-3146 (GCVE-0-2026-3146)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 03:02 – Updated: 2026-02-25 15:52 X_Open Source
VLAI?
Title
libvips matrixload.c vips_foreign_load_matrix_header null pointer dereference
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in libvips up to 8.18.0. The impacted element is the function vips_foreign_load_matrix_header of the file libvips/foreign/matrixload.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The identifier of the patch is d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
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Assigner
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Affected:
8.0
Affected: 8.1 Affected: 8.2 Affected: 8.3 Affected: 8.4 Affected: 8.5 Affected: 8.6 Affected: 8.7 Affected: 8.8 Affected: 8.9 Affected: 8.10 Affected: 8.11 Affected: 8.12 Affected: 8.13 Affected: 8.14 Affected: 8.15 Affected: 8.16 Affected: 8.17 Affected: 8.18.0 cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Credits
Niebelungen (VulDB User)
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