CVE-2026-35590

Possible out-of-bounds read leading to crash when decoding well-crafted EXIF metadata

Published Jul 20, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. The EXIF decoder within libvips versions before and including 8.18.1 was not verifying the range of EXIF tag groups before passing data to libexif, leading to a possible null pointer dereference and crash. This has been patched in version 8.18.2.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6552-1 vips security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8994-1 libvips vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:libvips:libvips:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Libvips
Libvips libvips
Vendors & Products Libvips
Libvips libvips
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. The EXIF decoder within libvips versions before and including 8.18.1 was not verifying the range of EXIF tag groups before passing data to libexif, leading to a possible null pointer dereference and crash. This has been patched in version 8.18.2.
Title Possible out-of-bounds read leading to crash when decoding well-crafted EXIF metadata
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 20, 2026, 7:03 PM
Reserved
Apr 3, 2026, 8:09 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 20, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Aug 19, 2026, 7:17 PM