Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libheif-devel package, versions <1.23.4-150700.3.21.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.61% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-LIBHEIFDEVEL-20043950
  • published22 Sept 2026
  • disclosed21 Sept 2026

Introduced: 21 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-84383  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 libheif-devel to version 1.23.4-150700.3.21.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libheif-devel package and not the libheif-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. From 1.22.0 until 1.23.2, a crafted HEIF, HEIC, or AVIF item graph using nested iden and auxl references can make HeifPixelImage::transfer_channel_from_image_as() append duplicate Alpha planes with different bit depths to m_storage. HeifPixelImage::scale_nearest_neighbor() in libheif/image/pixelimage.cc allocates the destination Alpha plane using the first plane's 8-bit depth, then iterates a later 10-bit or 12-bit Alpha component and writes uint16_t samples into the same 8-bit allocation. The output geometry controls the overflow extent and the encoded sample values control the data written, allowing a remote file processed by heif_decode_image() to cause a heap out-of-bounds write. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.2.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1