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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-6976 · published 26 January 2019

CVE-2019-6976: Libvips use of uninitialized resource vulnerability

Libvips · Libvips

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.

5.3 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 2.3% · top 17.4% CWE-908 · Use of uninitialized resource
5.3CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
2.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://blog.silentsignal.eu/2019/04/18/drop-by-drop-bleeding-through-libvips/ Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/00622428bda8d7521db8d74260b519fa41d69d0a PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.7.4 Third Party Advisory
https://blog.silentsignal.eu/2019/04/18/drop-by-drop-bleeding-through-libvips/ Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/00622428bda8d7521db8d74260b519fa41d69d0a PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.7.4 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-6976), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.