CVE-2026-41069CWE-125CWE-476

libheif allows Out-of-bounds vector access leading to invalid dereference (DoS)

Medium · published May 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and prior, a malformed HEIF sequence file can trigger an out-of-bounds read in core sequence parsing logic, causing DoS. A malformed file can have stco.entry_count == 0 (creating no chunks) while still passing validation because saio.entry_count == 0 matches, but with saiz.sample_count > 0 the SampleAuxInfoReader constructor still enters its loop. This leads to an out-of-bounds dereference on the empty chunks[0] in chunked mode.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00388 · 31.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read; CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-05-22T20:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 MAY 20:49Z
    libheif allows Out-of-bounds vector access leading to invalid dereference (DoS)
    cvelistv5