Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libheif-devel package, versions <0:1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBHEIFDEVEL-18065247
  • published21 Jul 2026
  • disclosed21 Jul 2026

Introduced: 21 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-47714  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libheif-devel to version 0:1.19.8-1.amzn2023.0.7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-1971.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libheif-devel package and not the libheif-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and prior, the inline mask parsing code in libheif/region.cc contains an integer overflow. Both width and height are unsigned int (32-bit) values parsed from the HEIF file. Their product can exceed UINT32_MAX, wrapping to a small value before the division by 8. This causes an undersized buffer allocation, leading to out-of-bounds memory access when the mask data is later interpreted as a width x height bitmap. Version 1.22.0 patches the issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1