SCA: security update for github.com/strukturag/libheif (GHSA-22fx-6r9m-r8h9)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421689

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A Segmentation fault caused by a floating point exception exists in libheif 1.15.1 using crafted heif
images via the heif::Fraction::round() function in box.cc, which causes a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-29659)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-22fx-6r9m-r8h9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421689

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29659

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29659

cwe: CWE-369