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Medium ALAS2023-2026-1363 1 CVE

Moderate: libheif security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Jan 23, 2026 · Updated Jan 23, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-68431: libheif is an HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Prior to version 1.21.0, a crafted HEIF that exercises the overlay image item path triggers a heap buffer over-read in `HeifPixelImage::overlay()`. The function computes a negative row length (likely from an unclipped overlay rectangle or invalid offsets), which then underflows when converted to `size_t` and is passed to `memcpy`, causing a very large read past the end of the source plane and a crash. Version 1.21.0 contains a patch. As a workaround, avoid decoding images using `iovl` overlay boxes.

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 heif-pixbuf-loader 0:1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 heif-pixbuf-loader-debuginfo 0:1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libheif 0:1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libheif-debuginfo 0:1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libheif-debugsource 0:1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libheif-devel 0:1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libheif-tools 0:1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libheif-tools-debuginfo 0:1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.3

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 6.5

    libheif has Potential Heap Buffer Over-Read

    libheif is an HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Prior to version 1.21.0, a crafted HEIF that exercises the overlay image item path triggers a heap buffer over-read in `HeifPixelImage::overlay()`. The function computes a negative row length (likel…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2025-68431.html