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Echo: libheif: security update to 1.19.8-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459606

Description

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

 - libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In 1.23.0 and earlier, a crafted HEIF sequence
 accepted by heif_context_read_from_memory() can leave the context with no registered sequence tracks and
 crash when heif_context_get_track(ctx, 0) is called. HeifContext::get_track() in libheif/context.cc
 executes assert(has_sequence()) before its normal error handling, so assert-enabled builds abort instead
 of allowing the public wrapper in libheif/api/libheif/heif_sequences.cc to return null. In release builds,
 removing the assertion lets the track_id zero path dereference m_tracks.begin()->second on an empty map,
 which is undefined behavior and typically crashes. The issue is reachable through documented public APIs
 after parsing attacker-controlled bytes. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.1. (CVE-2026-62377)

Solution

Update the libheif library and its related packages to version 1.19.8-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-62377

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 459606

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-62377

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-62377