Bug 2539257

Summary: CVE-2026-84384 libheif: libheif: Denial of Service due to unbounded memory consumption via crafted HEIF/AVIF files [fedora-43]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Vladimir Vasilev <vvasilev>
Component: libheifAssignee: Michel Lind <michel>
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Version: 43CC: dominik, multimedia-sig, ngompa13
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Description Vladimir Vasilev 2026-09-23 09:07:06 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. From 1.19.0 until 1.23.2, crafted HEIF or AVIF mime metadata and unci image data can cause decompress_brotli() and do_inflate() to grow accumulated output without an effective size limit or MemoryHandle accounting. The brotli path has no output bound, while the zlib path checks only a small temporary buffer in a branch that valid streams do not reach, and overlapping icef units can decompress the same payload repeatedly. HeifContext::interpret_heif_file_images() processes multiple compressed metadata items during file opening, allowing a small file to consume unbounded memory and terminate the process. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.2.

Comment 1 Michel Lind 2026-09-24 11:00:48 UTC
This bug is already fixed in a published Bodhi update.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-09-24 11:01:09 UTC
FEDORA-2026-022ff83e3e (libheif-1.23.5-3.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-022ff83e3e

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-09-26 01:30:53 UTC
FEDORA-2026-022ff83e3e (libheif-1.23.5-3.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.