CVE-2023-40032

Published: 11 September 2023

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. A specially crafted SVG input can cause libvips versions 8.14.3 or earlier to segfault when attempting to parse a malformed UTF-8 character. Users should upgrade to libvips version 8.14.4 (or later) when processing untrusted input.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
vips Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Released (8.14.4-1)
	jammy	Released (8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro
	bionic	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	lunar	Needed
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	mantic	Needed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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