FKIE_CVE-2026-47251

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-21 22:17 - Updated: 2026-10-24 19:10
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Summary
libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. The fix for CVE-2026-3949 (commit `b97c8b5`, PR #1712) introduced an integer overflow in the very security check it added. The check itself can be bypassed, allowing a crafted HEIF file with a VVC track to trigger the same out-of-bounds heap read that CVE-2026-3949 was meant to prevent. This is a separate, currently-unpatched vulnerability. Issue #1712 was closed as fixed without testing the edge case where `size` is near `UINT32_MAX`. Version 1.22.0 patches the issue.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1712Issue Tracking
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-p6q9-fhf2-vj9vExploit, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1712Issue Tracking
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-p6q9-fhf2-vj9vExploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
struktur libheif *
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