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{"bugzilla": {"description": "libvips: libvips: Denial of Service via Malformed PFM Image Processing", "id": "2540111", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2540111"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-1102", "details": ["libvips 8.19.0 contains a memory access vulnerability when processing little-endian PFM images. If the PFM text header length is not a multiple of four bytes, the mmap-based loader can expose pixel data at an address that is not properly aligned for float access. vips_avg_scan() subsequently dereferences the buffer through a float pointer, resulting in undefined behavior and process termination on strict-alignment architectures or UBSan-instrumented builds, leading to denial of service.", "A flaw was found in libvips, an image processing library. When handling specially crafted little-endian PFM (Portable Float Map) images, an attacker could trigger an unaligned memory access. This occurs if the image's text header length is not a multiple of four bytes, causing the loader to expose pixel data at an incorrect memory address. Such unaligned access can lead to undefined behavior and cause the application to terminate, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) for affected systems."], "name": "CVE-2026-88360", "public_date": "2026-09-24T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88360\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88360\nhttps://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/5187"], "statement": "This vulnerability is rated as Moderate impact because successful exploitation requires user interaction to process an untrusted, malformed image file and is restricted to causing an application crash without compromising confidentiality or integrity. In typical Red Hat deployments, libvips is utilized as a shared library for image manipulation pipelines, meaning the failure is confined to the specific consuming process or task. Furthermore, abnormal termination from unaligned pointer dereferencing primarily manifests on architectures enforcing strict memory alignment or under specific build instrumentation.", "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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