CVE-2026-32741CWE-122

libheif has a heap buffer overflow in decode_mask_image()

High · published May 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Versions 1.21.2 and below contain a heap buffer overflow in MaskImageCodec::decode_mask_image(). When decoding a HEIF file containing a mask image (mski), the function copies the full iloc extent data into a pixel buffer using memcpy(dst, data.data(), data.size()). The copy length data.size() is determined by the iloc extent in the file (attacker-controlled), while the destination buffer is sized based on the declared image dimensions. Because no upper-bound check exists on the data length, a crafted file whose iloc extent exceeds the pixel buffer allocation overflows the heap. The vulnerable single-memcpy branch is reached when the mskC property specifies bits_per_pixel = 8 and the ispe property declares an even width ≥ 64 (so that stride == width), with no changes to default security limits or external codec plugins required. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00449 · 38.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-05-19T19:57Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 MAY 19:57Z
    libheif has a heap buffer overflow in decode_mask_image()
    cvelistv5