CVE-2023-40032

Potential segfault due to NULL pointer dereference in libvips

Published Sep 11, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. A specially crafted SVG input can cause libvips versions 8.14.3 or earlier to segfault when attempting to parse a malformed UTF-8 character. Users should upgrade to libvips version 8.14.4 (or later) when processing untrusted input.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

libvips

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 8.14.4`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44643	libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. A specially crafted SVG input can cause libvips versions 8.14.3 or earlier to segfault when attempting to parse a malformed UTF-8 character. Users should upgrade to libvips version 8.14.4 (or later) when processing untrusted input.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6437-1	VIPS vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.252% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/e091d65835966ef56d53a4105a7362cafdb1582b
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/3604
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-33qp-9pq7-9584
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YU2FFC47X2XDEGEHEWAGLU5L3R6FEYD2/

History

Apr 21, 2025 2:15 PM First appearance in the feed. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Fedoraproject Fedoraproject fedora
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Fedoraproject Fedoraproject fedora

Feb 13, 2025 5:15 PM Description updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. A specially crafted SVG input can cause libvips versions 8.14.3 or earlier to segfault when attempting to parse a malformed UTF-8 character. Users should upgrade to libvips version 8.14.4 (or later) when processing untrusted input.	libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. A specially crafted SVG input can cause libvips versions 8.14.3 or earlier to segfault when attempting to parse a malformed UTF-8 character. Users should upgrade to libvips version 8.14.4 (or later) when processing untrusted input.