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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 34.4%
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