Alpine: heif-thumbnailer, multiple libheif packages: security update to 1.17.6-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 427422

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the component /libheif/exif.cc.
(CVE-2023-49462)

- libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function find_exif_tag at
/libheif/exif.cc. (CVE-2023-49463)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-49462

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-49463

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 427422

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.27

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49463

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-49462, CVE-2023-49463

IAVB: 2024-B-0073-S