CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-84383

CriticalCVSS 9.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

libheif from 1.22.0 to 1.23.2 has a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Crafted HEIF/HEIC/AVIF files with nested iden/auxl references cause duplicate Alpha planes with different bit depths, and scale_nearest_neighbor() allocates a buffer based on the first plane's 8-bit depth, leading to an overflow.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption via a malicious media file, potentially enabling code execution or DoS.

Recommendation

Upgrade libheif to version 1.23.2 or later, which includes the fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. From 1.22.0 until 1.23.2, a crafted HEIF, HEIC, or AVIF item graph using nested iden and auxl references can make HeifPixelImage::transfer_channel_from_image_as() append duplicate Alpha planes with different bit depths to m_storage. HeifPixelImage::scale_nearest_neighbor() in libheif/image/pixelimage.cc allocates the destination Alpha plane using the first plane's 8-bit depth, then iterates a later 10-bit or 12-bit Alpha component and writes uint16_t samples into the same 8-bit allocation. The output geometry controls the overflow extent and the encoded sample values control the data written, allowing a remote file processed by heif_decode_image() to cause a heap out-of-bounds write. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.2.

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