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CVE-2019-6976
libvips before 8.7.4 generates output images from uninitialized memory locations when processing corrupted input image data because…
Medium5.3EPSS 2.2%
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- mitre
Description
libvips before 8.7.4 generates output images from uninitialized memory locations when processing corrupted input image data because iofuncs/memory.c does not zero out allocated memory. This can result in leaking raw process memory contents through the output image.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/00622428bda8d7521db8d74260b519fa41d69d0a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.7.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.silentsignal.eu/2019/04/18/drop-by-drop-bleeding-through-libvips/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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