Is CVE-2023-40032 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-40032 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-40032?

CVE-2023-40032 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2023-40032?

Patch guidance is available from fedoraproject security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2023-40032.

CVE-2023-40032 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2023-40032?

2 products: fedoraproject fedora, libvips libvips.

Description

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. A specially crafted SVG input can cause libvips versions 8.14.3 or earlier to segfault when attempting to parse a malformed UTF-8 character. Users should upgrade to libvips version 8.14.4 (or later) when processing untrusted input.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

Metadata

Primary Vendor: FEDORAPROJECT
Published: 9/11/2023
Last Modified: 4/21/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2023-40032

Description

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Affected Products

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary