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CVE-2026-3950 (GCVE-0-2026-3950)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 19:02 – Updated: 2026-03-11 20:24
VLAI
Title
strukturag libheif stsz/stts track.cc load out-of-bounds
Summary
A vulnerability was identified in strukturag libheif up to 1.21.2. This impacts the function Track::load of the file libheif/sequences/track.cc of the component stsz/stts. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue. The patch available is inofficial and not approved yet.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-11 20:24 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
strukturag libheif Affected: 1.21.0
Affected: 1.21.1
Affected: 1.21.2
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Credits
Niebelungen (VulDB User)
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