# CVE-2025-59933: libvips is vulnerable to Buffer Over-Read in poppler-based pdfload

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.17.2
- Published: 2025-09-29 · Updated: 2025-12-24

## Affected

- libvips: fixed in 8.17.2

## Description

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. For versions 8.17.1 and below, when libvips is compiled with support for PDF input via poppler, the pdfload operation is affected by a buffer read overflow when parsing the header of a crafted PDF with a page that defines a width but not a height. Those using libvips compiled without support for PDF input are unaffected as well as thosewith support for PDF input via PDFium. This issue is fixed in version 8.17.2. A workaround for those affected is to block the VipsForeignLoadPdf operation via vips_operation_block_set, which is available in most language bindings, or to set VIPS_BLOCK_UNTRUSTED environment variable at runtime, which will block all untrusted loaders including PDF input via poppler.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libvips, upgrade to a fixed version (8.17.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-q8px-4w5q-c2r4
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/a58bfae9223a5466cc81ba9fe6dfb08233cf17d1
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.17.2

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