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CVE-2026-47254: strukturag libheif · Out-of-bounds Read

Affects strukturag libheifSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium : upgrade to 1.22.0 when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 5% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.22.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade libheif and strukturag/libheif to 1.22.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
strukturaglibheifAffected
  • <1.22.0
Fixed in
  • 1.22.0
GitHubstrukturag/libheifpkg:github/strukturag/libheifOther threatsAffected
  • <1.22.0
Fixed in
  • 1.22.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade to libheif version 1.22.0 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Patch status is not explicitly confirmed in the vendor advisory, but version 1.22.0 is stated as the fixed version. No other mitigations are indicated.

Description

Xianrui Dong discovered that libheif had an out-of-bounds read in its HEIF sequence track parser. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-47254) Junyi Liu discovered that libheif had a null pointer dereference in its image tiling interface. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-47709) Calvin Young and Enoch Chow discovered that libheif had an integer overflow in its inline mask size calculation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-47714) Ariel Koren discovered that libheif had an integer underflow in its grid image tile coordinate transform. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-48029) It was discovered that libheif had a missing bound check in its HEIF sequence parser, allowing unbounded heap allocation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-50142)

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