Infinite loop Affecting libheif package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBHEIF-16770137
  • published20 May 2026
  • disclosed19 May 2026
  • creditElhananHaenel

Introduced: 19 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-32739  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (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 Infinite loop in the get_sample_duration function. An attacker can cause the application to enter an infinite loop and consume excessive CPU resources by providing a specially crafted HEIF file during file parsing.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1