CVE-2019-6976
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.30% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-908
- Affected
- libvips/libvips
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blog.silentsignal.eu/2019/04/18/drop-by-drop-bleeding-through-libvips/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/00622428bda8d7521db8d74260b519fa41d69d0aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.7.4Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.silentsignal.eu/2019/04/18/drop-by-drop-bleeding-through-libvips/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/00622428bda8d7521db8d74260b519fa41d69d0aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.7.4Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.