Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
High USN-7082-1 1 CVE

libheif vulnerability

Published Oct 23, 2024 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Gerrard Tai discovered that libheif did not properly validate certain
images, leading to out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to
obtain sensitive information.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS libheif 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41311