{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6976","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T12:20:22.655104Z","published":"2019-01-26T23:29:00Z","related":["USN-6437-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-6976"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6976"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://blog.silentsignal.eu/2019/04/18/drop-by-drop-bleeding-through-libvips/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/00622428bda8d7521db8d74260b519fa41d69d0a"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.7.4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6437-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6976"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vips","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["7.40.6-2ubuntu2","8.0.2-2","8.2.1-1","8.2.2-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"gir1.2-vips-8.0","binary_version":"8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libvips-tools","binary_version":"8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libvips42","binary_version":"8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"python-vipscc","binary_version":"8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6976.json"}},{"package":{"name":"vips","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["8.4.5-1build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"gir1.2-vips-8.0","binary_version":"8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libvips-tools","binary_version":"8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libvips42","binary_version":"8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"python-vipscc","binary_version":"8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6976.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}