CVE-2026-70651
Description
A flaw was found in libvips, an image processing library. When libvips is built without libtiff support but with ImageMagick support, an integer overflow can occur while loading a crafted multi-page Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) image. This overflow, caused by unchecked calculations of image frame height, can lead to a heap buffer over-read and result in a process crash, causing a Denial of Service (DoS).
Statement
This Moderate impact flaw in libvips occurs when the library is built without libtiff support but with ImageMagick, allowing a local attacker to trigger a denial of service by providing a crafted multi-page TIFF image. Most Red Hat package builds include libtiff, which prevents the vulnerable fallback path, thereby limiting exposure in typical installations.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory); DoS: Instability
This weakness can generally lead to undefined behavior and therefore crashes. When the calculated result is used for resource allocation, this weakness can cause too many (or too few) resources to be allocated, possibly enabling crashes if the product requests more resources than can be provided.
Integrity
Technical Impact: Modify Memory
If the value in question is important to data (as opposed to flow), simple data corruption has occurred. Also, if the overflow/wraparound results in other conditions such as buffer overflows, further memory corruption may occur.
Confidentiality,Availability,Access Control
Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Bypass Protection Mechanism
This weakness can sometimes trigger buffer overflows, which can be used to execute arbitrary code. This is usually outside the scope of the product's implicit security policy.
Availability,Other
Technical Impact: Alter Execution Logic; DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
If the overflow/wraparound occurs in a loop index variable, this could cause the loop to terminate at the wrong time - too early, too late, or not at all (i.e., infinite loops). With too many iterations, some loops could consume too many resources such as memory, file handles, etc., possibly leading to a crash or other DoS.
Access Control
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism
If integer values are used in security-critical decisions, such as calculating quotas or allocation limits, integer overflows can be used to cause an incorrect security decision.
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