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vips — security advisory
A vulnerability was detected in libvips 8.19.0. This affects the function vips_bandrank_build of the file libvips/conversion/bandrank.c. Performing a manipulation of the argument index results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named fd28c5463697712cb0ab116a2c55e4f4d92c4088. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
- Products
- vips
- Affected versions
- 7.40.6-2ubuntu2, 8.0.2-2, 8.10.5-2ubuntu1, 8.11.4-2, 8.12.1-1, 8.12.1-1build1, 8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 8.14.3-1, 8.14.5-1, 8.15.0-1, 8.15.0-2, 8.15.1-1, 8.15.1-1.1build3, 8.15.1-1.1build4, 8.15.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 8.15.1-1build1, 8.16.0-2build1, 8.16.1-1, 8.16.1-2, 8.17.3-2, 8.18.0-1, 8.18.0-1build1, 8.18.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 8.18.3-1, 8.18.4-1, 8.18.5-1, 8.2.1-1, 8.2.2-1, 8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 8.4.5-1build1, 8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 8.7.4-1build1, 8.8.3-3, 8.8.3-3ubuntu1, 8.9.0-1, 8.9.0-1build1, 8.9.1-1, 8.9.1-2, 8.9.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-3281
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A vulnerability was detected in libvips 8.19.0. This affects the function vips_bandrank_build of the file libvips/conversion/bandrank.c. Performing a manipulation of the argument index results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named fd28c5463697712cb0ab116a2c55e4f4d92c4088. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3281
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Complete source record
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