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GHSA-CP66-X46C-28RG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-03-11 21:31

Details

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

3.3 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

1.9 (Low)


                  
                    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

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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

Title

strukturag libheif stsz/stts track.cc load out-of-bounds

Summary

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

CWE-125 - Out-of-Bounds Read
CWE-119 - Memory Corruption

Assigner

VulDB mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.350382	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.350382	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.766431	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1715	issue-tracking
https://github.com/Niebelungen-D/pocs/tree/main/h…	exploit
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/pull/1721	issue-trackingpatch
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/	product

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
strukturag	libheif	Affected: 1.21.0 Affected: 1.21.1 Affected: 1.21.2

Credits

Niebelungen (VulDB User)

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