CVE-2026-41071: strukturag libheif · Out-of-bounds Read
Affects strukturag libheifSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium : upgrade to 1.22.0 when convenient.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 22% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.22.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 22 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade libheif and strukturag/libheif to 1.22.0.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| strukturaglibheif | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubstrukturag/libheifpkg:github/strukturag/libheifOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
This vulnerability has been fixed in libheif version 1.22.0. Users and developers should upgrade to version 1.22.0 or later to remediate this issue. Since this is a library vulnerability, applications using libheif should update their dependencies accordingly. No vendor advisory content is provided to indicate alternative mitigations or that no action is required.
Description
libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and prior, a crafted HEIF sequence file where the saiz box declares more samples than actually exist in the track's chunk table causes a heap-buffer-overflow (out-of-bounds read) in the SampleAuxInfoReader constructor. The SampleAuxInfoReader constructor iterates over saiz->get_num_samples() samples but doesn't validate that this count is consistent with the number of chunks in the chunks vector. When saiz declares more samples than the chunks cover, the loop increments current_chunk past chunks.size(), causing an out-of-bounds read on the chunks vector. The vulnerability is triggered during file parsing (heif_context_read_from_file) without any additional user interaction. Any application using libheif to open untrusted HEIF files is affected. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.