A vulnerability was identified in strukturag libheif up to 1.21.2. This impacts the function Track::load of the file libheif/sequences/track.cc of the component stsz/stts. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue. The patch available is inofficial and not approved yet.
https://vuldb.com/?submit.766431
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.350382
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/pull/1721
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1715
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/
https://github.com/Niebelungen-D/pocs/tree/main/heif_dec_sequence_chunk_idx_oob
Published: 2026-03-11
Updated: 2026-03-12
Base Score: 1.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity: Low
Base Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00013