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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-3281 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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N/A
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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 4.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/ VulDB
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/fd28c5463697712cb0ab116a2c55e4f4d92c4088 VulDB
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4878 VulDB
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4878#issue-3944209102 VulDB
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4895 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.348010 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?id.348010 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?submit.758861 VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-3281
NVD Published Date:
02/26/2026
NVD Last Modified:
02/27/2026
Source:
VulDB