libheif 1.18.0 before 1.23.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in uncdecodermixedinterleave::processTile() that allows…
CVE-2026-120208
libheif 1.18.0 before 1.23.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in uncdecodermixedinterleave::processTile() that allows attackers to write out of bounds by supplying chroma components with unequal bit depths. Attackers can craft a HEIF file declaring, for example, 16-bit Cb and 8-bit Cr to trigger file-controlled heap writes past the Cr plane, potentially achieving code execution in image-processing pipelines.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 7.7 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 31 October 2026
- Last updated
- 31 October 2026
- Affected
- strukturag
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-x8r2-mggj-j6wr
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/9d3cd91d7b1c8c68deef6d06057ab956bcb0dfb9
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.23.3
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/blob/v1.23.2/libheif/codecs/uncompressed/unc_decoder_mixed_interleave.cc#L95
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libheif-1.18.0-before-1.23.3-heap-buffer-overflow-via-unci-mixed-interleave-decoder
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120208
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