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openSUSE 16 Security Update : libheif (openSUSE-SU-2026:20076-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 296559

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20076-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-68431: heap buffer over-read in `HeifPixelImage::overlay()` via crafted HEIF file that exercises the overlay image item path (bsc#1255735).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255735

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68431

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 296559

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20076-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2026

Updated: 1/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68431

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libheif-dav1d, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libheif-jpeg, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libheif-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libheif-rav1e, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libheif-svtenc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libheif-openjpeg, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libheif-aom, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libheif1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libheif-ffmpeg

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68431

IAVB: 2026-B-0010