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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-20739

im_vips2dz in /libvips/libvips/deprecated/im_vips2dz.c in libvips before 8.8.2 has an uninitialized variable which may cause the leakage of remote server path or stack address.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:34 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-20739

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Nov 2020, 19:15 UTC

im_vips2dz in /libvips/libvips/deprecated/im_vips2dz.c in libvips before 8.8.2 has an uninitialized variable which may cause the leakage of remote server path or stack address.

osv:CVE-2020-20739
Complete source record
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