Out-of-bounds Write Affecting strukturag/libheif package, versions [,1.18.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-STRUKTURAGLIBHEIF-8235243
  • published 21 Oct 2024
  • disclosed 15 Oct 2024
  • credit Gerrard Tai

How to fix?

Upgrade strukturag/libheif to version 1.18.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the ImageOverlay::parse() function in context.cc, when decoding a HEIF file with very large or very small offsets.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Passive
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None