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CVE-2026-49271

Status: AnalyzedMedium (6.5)—

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Prior to version 1.22.1, the uncompressed HEIF decoder validates explicit icef compressed-unit offsets using unit_offset + unit_size. Because the addition can wrap, a crafted HEIF file can pass the range check and then construct a vector from iterators outside the compressed item buffer, producing an out-of-bounds heap read and crash. Version 1.22.1 patches the issue.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Struktur — Libheif

CWEs

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