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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2026-47709 json

libheif has a NULL pointer dereference in heif_image_handle_get_image_tiling for malformed unci image missing ispe

published 2026-07-21 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-24 15 d ago also EUVD-2026-46451 , JLSEC-2026-1099

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Versions prior to 1.22.0 crashes in the public C API `heif_image_handle_get_image_tiling()` when a malformed uncompressed HEIF image item has an associated `uncC` property but no associated `ispe` property. In debug builds this trips the `ispe && uncC` assertion in `ImageItem_uncompressed::get_heif_image_tiling()`. In a release/NDEBUG ASan build, the same file causes a null pointer read at address `0xa8`. Version 1.22.0 fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

  • julia libheif_jll 1.22.2000+0
  • struktur libheif 1.22.0
  • libheif Debian 13 1.19.8-1+deb13u1
  • libheif Debian 14 1.23.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47709

  • libheif Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6
  • libheif Ubuntu 25.10 1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6
  • libheif Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47709

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libheif SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 1.23.0-150700.3.15.1
  • libheif SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 1.23.0-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:2622-1SUSE-SU-2026:22153-1

  • libheif openSUSE Leap 16.0 1.23.0-160000.1.1
  • libheif openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.22.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20974-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10878-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-47709 updated cvss 5.5

libheif: libheif: Denial of Service via malformed HEIF image

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/pull/1806 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-4h72-vqgp-9376 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1802 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia libheif_jll
<1.22.2000+0
1.22.2000+0

Affected products

  • strukturag libheif

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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