Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libheif package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBHEIF-15474255
  • published12 Mar 2026
  • disclosed11 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-3950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the Track::load() function. An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering an out-of-bounds read by sending malformed stsz/stts combination with more samples than are covered by stsc.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1