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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-32741 EUVD-2026-30982

libheif has a heap buffer overflow in decode_mask_image()

Published May 19, 2026 · Updated Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Versions 1.21.2 and below contain a heap buffer overflow in MaskImageCodec::decode_mask_image(). When decoding a HEIF file containing a mask image (mski), the function copies the full iloc extent data into a pixel buffer using memcpy(dst, data.data(), data.size()). The copy length data.size() is determined by the iloc extent in the file (attacker-controlled), while the destination buffer is sized based on the declared image dimensions. Because no upper-bound check exists on the data length, a crafted file whose iloc extent exceeds the pixel buffer allocation overflows the heap. The vulnerable single-memcpy branch is reached when the mskC property specifies bits_per_pixel = 8 and the ispe property declares an even width ≥ 64 (so that stride == width), with no changes to default security limits or external codec plugins required. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
strukturag libheif < 1.22.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libheif 1.23.1-1 —
Debian 13 libheif 1.19.8-1+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 libheif No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libheif 1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1 —
Ubuntu 25.10 libheif 1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libheif 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.4 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 libheif 1.23.0-150700.3.15.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2622-1
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 libheif 1.23.0-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22153-1
SLES 16.0 libheif 1.23.0-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22153-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed libheif 1.22.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10878-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 libheif 1.23.0-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20974-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 libheif +3 1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1814

Advisories 5

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