NULL pointer dereference in libvips - CVE-2023-40032

Vulnerability identifier: #VU82309

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40032

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when parsing a malformed UTF-8 character inside an SVG files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted SVG file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

libvips
Ubuntu
Fedora
gir1.2-vips-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
libvips-tools (Ubuntu package)
libvips42 (Ubuntu package)
python-vipscc (Ubuntu package)
vips

Install updates from vendor's website.

libvips - update to 8.14.4
gir1.2-vips-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libvips-tools (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libvips42 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
python-vipscc (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
vips - addressed in versions 8.15.1-1.fc39, 8.15.1-1.fc40

• https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/e091d65835966ef56d53a4105a7362cafdb1582b
• https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-33qp-9pq7-9584
• https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/3604

• Denial of service in Libvips
• Ubuntu update for vips
• Fedora 40 update for vips
• Fedora 39 update for vips