NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libheif package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBHEIF-18302936
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed21 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-47709  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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 NULL Pointer Dereference in the heif_image_handle_get_image_tiling function when processing a malformed uncompressed HEIF image item that has an associated uncC property but lacks an associated ispe property. An attacker can cause a crash by supplying a specially crafted image file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1