NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libheif package, versions <1.19.7-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-LIBHEIF-9788817
  • published22 Apr 2025
  • disclosed21 Apr 2025

Introduced: 21 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-43966  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 libheif to version 1.19.7-1 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_iden in image-items/iden.cc.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1