CVE-2026-41069 PUBLISHED

libheif allows Out-of-bounds vector access leading to invalid dereference (DoS)

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.04.2026 Published: 22.05.2026 Updated: 22.05.2026

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and prior, a malformed HEIF sequence file can trigger an out-of-bounds read in core sequence parsing logic, causing DoS. A malformed file can have stco.entry_count == 0 (creating no chunks) while still passing validation because saio.entry_count == 0 matches, but with saiz.sample_count > 0 the SampleAuxInfoReader constructor still enters its loop. This leads to an out-of-bounds dereference on the empty chunks[0] in chunked mode.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor strukturag
Product libheif
Versions
  • Version < 1.22.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read CWE
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference CWE