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CVE-2026-41071

31
FAUCET Score

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and prior, a crafted HEIF sequence file where the saiz box declares more samples than actually exist in the track's chunk table causes a heap-buffer-overflow (out-of-bounds read) in the SampleAuxInfoReader constructor. The SampleAuxInfoReader constructor iterates over saiz->get_num_samples() samples but doesn't validate that this count is consistent with the number of chunks in the chunks vector. When saiz declares more samples than the chunks cover, the loop increments current_chunk past chunks.size(), causing an out-of-bounds read on the chunks vector. The vulnerability is triggered during file parsing (heif_context_read_from_file) without any additional user interaction. Any application using libheif to open untrusted HEIF files is affected. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.

First published: May 22, 2026Last modified: May 22, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.22.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:struktur:libheif:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

5.1MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
ACTIVE
VS Confidentiality
LOW
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
LOW
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libheif (jammy)Fixed in: 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libheif (bionic)Fixed in: 1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libheif (focal)Fixed in: 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libheif (resolute)Fixed in: 1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libheif (noble)Fixed in: 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.4
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libheif (questing)Fixed in: 1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

ubuntuUSN-8454-1

libheif vulnerabilities

Jun 18, 2026

References

github.com / strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.22.0
ProductRelease Notes
github.com / strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-xj92-xjff-h8w3
ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory