# CVE-2026-33328: Possible integer overflow on 32-bit systems when reading GIF images

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-20 · Updated: 2026-07-21

## Affected

- libvips: through 8.18.0

## Description

libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. On 32-bit systems in versions before and including 8.18.0, the `gifload` operation could incorrectly determine dimensions leading to an integer overflow. This has been patched in version 8.18.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libvips, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/security/advisories/GHSA-r98w-4fp7-m9c7
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4935
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/9b633e45abfcf1fc4c84847007c81805193c0969

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