UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3281

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-3281

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3281.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3281

Upstream

CVE-2026-3281

Published

2026-02-27T02:16:00Z

Modified

2026-03-05T12:28:45Z

Severity

5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
1.9 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

A vulnerability was detected in libvips 8.19.0. This affects the function vipsbandrankbuild of the file libvips/conversion/bandrank.c. Performing a manipulation of the argument index results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named fd28c5463697712cb0ab116a2c55e4f4d92c4088. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

vips

Package

Name: vips
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.9.1-2?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.7.4-1build1

8.8.3-3

8.8.3-3ubuntu1

8.9.0-1

8.9.0-1build1

8.9.1-1

8.9.1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.9.1-2",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.9.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libvips-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.9.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libvips-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.9.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libvips42"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3281.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

vips

Package

Name: vips
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.15.1-1.1build4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.14.3-1

8.14.5-1

8.15.0-1

8.15.0-2

8.15.1-1

8.15.1-1build1

8.15.1-1.1build3

8.15.1-1.1build4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.15.1-1.1build4",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.15.1-1.1build4",
            "binary_name": "libvips-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.15.1-1.1build4",
            "binary_name": "libvips-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.15.1-1.1build4",
            "binary_name": "libvips42t64"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3281.json"

Ubuntu:25.10

vips

Package

Name: vips
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.16.1-1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.16.0-2build1

8.16.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.1-1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.1-1",
            "binary_name": "libvips-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.1-1",
            "binary_name": "libvips-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.1-1",
            "binary_name": "libvips42t64"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3281.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

vips

Package

Name: vips
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*

7.40.6-2ubuntu2

8.*

8.0.2-2

8.2.1-1

8.2.2-1

8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips-dev"
        },
        {
            "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"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3281.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

vips

Package

Name: vips
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.4.5-1build1

8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips-dev"
        },
        {
            "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"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3281.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS

vips

Package

Name: vips
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.10.5-2ubuntu1

8.11.4-2

8.12.1-1

8.12.1-1build1

8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.12.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips42"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3281.json"