CVE-2026-49271

MEDIUM

libheif: Wrapped icef compressed-unit range check causes out-of-bounds read in uncompressed HEIF decoder

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Prior to version 1.22.1, the uncompressed HEIF decoder validates explicit icef compressed-unit offsets using unit_offset + unit_size. Because the addition can wrap, a crafted HEIF file can pass the range check and then construct a vector from iterators outside the compressed item buffer, producing an out-of-bounds heap read and crash. Version 1.22.1 patches the issue.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 10.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (2)
struktur/libheif < 1.22.1
strukturag/libheif < 1.22.1
Published Jun 19, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 19, 2026