{"action":"Upgrade vips to 8.4.5-2 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"8.4.5-2","introduced":"0"}],"component":"vips","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["8.4.5-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5NDHYRS194KB2GAH7FEXWDF","modified_at":"2026-10-23T18:03:09.424051599Z","published_at":"2018-03-09T19:29:01.070Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7998","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7998"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7998#Debian:13/vips","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7998"}],"summary":"In libvips before 8.6.3, a NULL function pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the vips_region_generate function in region.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or pos"}