The vips-7.22 script in VIPS 7.22.2 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges…

published 2010-10-20 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-3362

cvss: 6.9; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits: 0; none known

The vips-7.22 script in VIPS 7.22.2 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Patch / fix

distros 1

vips Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7.14.5-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3364

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-3364 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 3.7

vips: insecure library loading vulnerability

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

bugs.debian.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598296 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598296
exploit

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-3364
NVD CVE-2010-3364

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Summary