USN-7082-1: libheif vulnerability
Publication date
23 October 2024
Overview
libheif could be made to crash or read sensitive data if it opened a specially crafted file
Releases
Packages
- libheif - an ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder
Details
Gerrard Tai discovered that libheif did not properly validate certain
images, leading to out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to
obtain sensitive information.
Gerrard Tai discovered that libheif did not properly validate certain
images, leading to out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to
obtain sensitive information.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
---|---|---|---|
24.04 noble | libheif1 – 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.1 |
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