ubuntu-cve-2026-32739
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-05-19 20:16
Modified
2026-06-18 20:07
Summary
Details

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and below, a crafted 800-byte HEIF sequence file causes an infinite loop in Box_stts::get_sample_duration(), consuming 100% CPU indefinitely with zero progress, leading to DoS. The loop has no iteration limit or timeout and is triggered during file open (parsing) - before any user interaction or image decoding. The process stays alive (no crash, no error logged), making it invisible to crash-based monitoring. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "heif-gdk-pixbuf",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "heif-thumbnailer",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "heif-view",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-examples",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomdec",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomenc",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-dav1d",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kdec",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kenc",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegdec",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegenc",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-kvazaar",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-libde265",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-rav1e",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-svtenc",
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      },
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            }
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        }
      ],
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        "1.19.8-1",
        "1.20.2-1",
        "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.1",
        "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "heif-view",
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          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomdec",
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          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-dav1d",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-kvazaar",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-libde265",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-rav1e",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-svtenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-x265",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugins-all",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libheif1",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "libheif",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libheif@1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.20.2-1",
        "1.20.2-2",
        "1.20.2-2build1",
        "1.20.2-2build2",
        "1.20.2-2ubuntu1",
        "1.21.2-1",
        "1.21.2-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and below, a crafted 800-byte HEIF sequence file causes an infinite loop in Box_stts::get_sample_duration(), consuming 100% CPU indefinitely with zero progress, leading to DoS. The loop has no iteration limit or timeout and is triggered during file open (parsing) - before any user interaction or image decoding. The process stays alive (no crash, no error logged), making it invisible to crash-based monitoring. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-32739",
  "modified": "2026-06-18T20:07:33Z",
  "published": "2026-05-19T20:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-32739"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32739"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.22.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-j9g7-q9hv-gq8c"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8454-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-8454-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-32739"
  ]
}



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