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CVE-2025-29769

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  • Published2025-04-07
  • Fixed in8.16.1
  • WeaknessCWE-122

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Description

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. The heifsave operation could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as "multiband". There aren't many ways to create a "multiband" input, but it is possible with a well-crafted TIFF image. If a "multiband" TIFF input image had 4 channels and HEIF-based output was requested, this led to libvips creating a 3 channel HEIF image without an alpha channel but then attempting to write 4 channels of data. This caused a heap buffer overflow, which could crash the process. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.16.1.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-04-0720:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Libvips
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.16< 8.16.18.16.1
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.0= 11.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As GitHub_M, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • libvips
    Affected
    • = < 8.16.1no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2025-04-07

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • vipsUbuntu:Pro:26.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 8.18.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • vipsUbuntu:Pro:24.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 8.15.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • vipsUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • vipsUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 8.9.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • vipsUbuntu:25.10all versions · no fixed version listed
  • vipsDebian:14all versions · fixed in 8.16.1-1
  • vipsDebian:13all versions · fixed in 8.16.1-1
  • vipsDebian:12all versions · fixed in 8.14.1-3+deb12u2

1 more package range on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2025-29769 Red Hat Product Security

    libvips: libvips has a potential heap-based buffer overflow when attempting to convert multiband TIFF input to HEIF output

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Libvips to 8.16.1

Advisories and patches

Detection

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Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
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Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-04-08
  • CNACVSS 4.08.5known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.15.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-122known since 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.3 %2026-11-08
  • OSVaffected packages—

Identifiers

  • EUVD-2025-10391same flawENISA EUVD · LicenseRef-ENISA-legal-notice
  • DLA-4148-1advisory covering several CVEsDebian · LicenseRef-unstated
  • DSA-5915-1advisory covering several CVEsDebian · LicenseRef-unstated
  • USN-8755-1advisory covering several CVEsUbuntu

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 4.0 vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published
2025-04-07
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-29769?

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. The heifsave operation could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as "multiband". There aren't many ways to create a "multiband" input, but it is possible with a well-crafted TIFF image. If a "multiband" TIFF input image had 4 channels and HEIF-based output was requested, this led to libvips creating a 3 channel HEIF image without an alpha channel but then attempting to write 4 channels of data. This caused a heap buffer overflow, which could crash the process. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.16.1.

Is CVE-2025-29769 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-29769 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.3% on 2026-11-08, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-29769?

CVE-2025-29769 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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