CVE-2023-40032 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-40032: 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

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-40032 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

vips→ fixed in8.14.1-3+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y vips
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

vips→ fixed in8.14.4-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y vips
```

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