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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : libheif vulnerabilities (USN-7952-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 284665

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7952-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-25269)

 Aldo Ristori discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-68431)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7952-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 284665

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7952-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2025-68431

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25269

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heif-view, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heif-thumbnailer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugins-all, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-jpegenc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heif-gdk-pixbuf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-j2kenc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-x265, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-aomdec, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-j2kdec, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-libde265, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-svtenc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-dav1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-rav1e, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-jpegdec, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-kvazaar, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-aomenc

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25269, CVE-2025-68431

IAVB: 2024-B-0073-S

USN: 7952-1