Integer Underflow Affecting libheif package, versions <1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2404-LIBHEIF-18760142
  • published19 Aug 2026
  • disclosed18 Aug 2026

Introduced: 18 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-62289  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:24.04 libheif to version 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7 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:24.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In 1.23.0 and earlier, a crafted HEIF or AVIF file containing a clean aperture box can reduce an image dimension to zero and crash or corrupt tiling results when heif_image_handle_get_image_tiling(handle, 1, &tiling) is called. ImageItem::get_heif_image_tiling() returns already transformed dimensions, and process_image_transformations_on_tiling() applies the clean aperture transformation again. The second application passes zero to Box_clap::left_rounded(0), where image_width minus one underflows and constructs Fraction(0xFFFFFFFF, 2). Debug builds reach an assertion and abort, while release builds can return a corrupt crop and zero-width tiling result. The affected implementation spans libheif/image-items/image_item.cc, libheif/context.cc, and libheif/box.cc. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1