CVE-2026-3281
Publication date 27 February 2026
Last updated 27 February 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| vips | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.3 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3281
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4878
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4895
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/fd28c5463697712cb0ab116a2c55e4f4d92c4088
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4878#issue-3944209102
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.348010
- https://vuldb.com/?id.348010
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.758861