Buffer Overflow Affecting libheif package, versions <1.11.0-1+deb11u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBHEIF-3331227
  • published24 Feb 2023
  • disclosed24 Feb 2023

Introduced: 24 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-0996  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libheif to version 1.11.0-1+deb11u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libheif package and not the libheif package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a vulnerability in the strided image data parsing code in the emscripten wrapper for libheif. An attacker could exploit this through a crafted image file to cause a buffer overflow in linear memory during a memcpy call.

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