CVE-2026-3146 PUBLISHED

libvips matrixload.c vips_foreign_load_matrix_header null pointer dereference

Assigner: VulDB
Reserved: 24.02.2026 Published: 25.02.2026 Updated: 25.02.2026

A vulnerability has been found in libvips up to 8.18.0. The impacted element is the function vips_foreign_load_matrix_header of the file libvips/foreign/matrixload.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The identifier of the patch is d4ce337c76bff1b278d7085c3c4f4725e3aa6ece. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
CVSS Score: 4.8

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	Low	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score: 3.3

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score: 3.3

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.0

CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Score: 1.7

Access Vector	Local	Confidentiality Impact	None
Access Complexity	Low	Integrity Impact	None
Authentication	Single	Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS 2.0

Product Status

Vendor	n/a
Product	libvips
Versions	Version 8.0 is affected Version 8.1 is affected Version 8.2 is affected Version 8.3 is affected Version 8.4 is affected Version 8.5 is affected Version 8.6 is affected Version 8.7 is affected Version 8.8 is affected Version 8.9 is affected Version 8.10 is affected Version 8.11 is affected Version 8.12 is affected Version 8.13 is affected Version 8.14 is affected Version 8.15 is affected Version 8.16 is affected Version 8.17 is affected Version 8.18.0 is affected

CVE-2026-3146 PUBLISHED

libvips matrixload.c vips_foreign_load_matrix_header null pointer dereference

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