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ubuntu-cve-2025-68431

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2025-12-29 19:15

Modified

2026-05-20 15:23

Summary

Details

libheif is an HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Prior to version 1.21.0, a crafted HEIF that exercises the overlay image item path triggers a heap buffer over-read in HeifPixelImage::overlay(). The function computes a negative row length (likely from an unclipped overlay rectangle or invalid offsets), which then underflows when converted to size_t and is passed to memcpy, causing a very large read past the end of the source plane and a crash. Version 1.21.0 contains a patch. As a workaround, avoid decoding images using iovl overlay boxes.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.1 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68431	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68431	REPORT
	https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/ad…	REPORT
	https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/ta…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7952-1	ADVISORY

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CVE-2025-68431 (GCVE-0-2025-68431)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-29 19:09 – Updated: 2025-12-30 22:26

Title

libheif has Potential Heap Buffer Over-Read

Summary

libheif is an HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Prior to version 1.21.0, a crafted HEIF that exercises the overlay image item path triggers a heap buffer over-read in `HeifPixelImage::overlay()`. The function computes a negative row length (likely from an unclipped overlay rectangle or invalid offsets), which then underflows when converted to `size_t` and is passed to `memcpy`, causing a very large read past the end of the source plane and a crash. Version 1.21.0 contains a patch. As a workaround, avoid decoding images using `iovl` overlay boxes.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/ad…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/b8c1…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/ta…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
strukturag	libheif	Affected: < 1.21.0

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usn-7952-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-01-12 01:03

Modified

2026-04-27 14:11

Summary

libheif vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-25269)

Aldo Ristori discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-68431)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7952-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25269	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68431	REPORT

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          {
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain memory\noperations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial\nof service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS\nand Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-25269)\n\nAldo Ristori discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain\nmemory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-68431)",
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  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:47Z",
  "published": "2026-01-12T01:03:59Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7952-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25269"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68431"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "libheif vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25269",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68431"
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2025-68431

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2025-68431 (GCVE-0-2025-68431)

usn-7952-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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