Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libheif-svtenc package, versions <1.19.7-160000.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-LIBHEIFSVTENC-15135345
  • published29 Jan 2026
  • disclosed22 Jan 2026

Introduced: 22 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-68431  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 libheif-svtenc to version 1.19.7-160000.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libheif-svtenc package and not the libheif-svtenc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

libheif is an HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Prior to version 1.21.0, a crafted HEIF that exercises the overlay image item path triggers a heap buffer over-read in HeifPixelImage::overlay(). The function computes a negative row length (likely from an unclipped overlay rectangle or invalid offsets), which then underflows when converted to size_t and is passed to memcpy, causing a very large read past the end of the source plane and a crash. Version 1.21.0 contains a patch. As a workaround, avoid decoding images using iovl overlay boxes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1