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CVE-2019-17534

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

vips_foreign_load_gif_scan_image in foreign/gifload.c in libvips before 8.8.2 tries to access a color map before a DGifGetImageDesc call, leading to a use-after-free.

Affected products

• libvips: before 8.8.2 — fixed in 8.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: libvips 8.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16796
• https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/ce684dd008532ea0bf9d4a1d89bacb35f4a83f4d
• https://github.com/libvips/libvips/compare/v8.8.1...v8.8.2
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16796
• https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/ce684dd008532ea0bf9d4a1d89bacb35f4a83f4d
• https://github.com/libvips/libvips/compare/v8.8.1...v8.8.2

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