CVE-2026-32740

HIGH

libheif: Heap-Buffer-Overflow Write in Grid Tile Chroma Compositing

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Versions 1.21.2 and prior contain a heap-buffer-overflow (write) vulnerability in the grid tile compositing, allowing an attacker to write 64 bytes of fully attacker-controlled data past the end of a chroma plane heap allocation by crafting a HEIF/AVIF file with a 1×4 grid of odd-height tiles. The overflow is triggered during normal image decoding with default build configuration. The written bytes are chroma (Cb/Cr) pixel values from the attacking tile, giving the attacker full control over the overflow content. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0051
EPSS Percentile 40.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
struktur/libheif < 1.22.0
strukturag/libheif < 1.22.0
Published May 19, 2026
Tracked Since May 19, 2026