Use After Free Affecting libheif package, versions <1.4.0-2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2104-LIBHEIF-1266394
  • published23 Apr 2019
  • disclosed23 Apr 2019

Introduced: 23 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-11471  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:21.04 libheif to version 1.4.0-2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:21.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

libheif 1.4.0 has a use-after-free in heif::HeifContext::Image::set_alpha_channel in heif_context.h because heif_context.cc mishandles references to non-existing alpha images.