Bug 2539261

Summary: CVE-2026-84446 libheif: libheif: Denial of Service via crafted HEIF sequence timing data [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 09:07:57 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. Prior to 1.23.2, crafted HEIF sequence timing and edit-list data can make Track::init_sample_timing_table() compute a logical m_num_output_samples value that exceeds the uint32_t counters used by Track_Visual::decode_next_image_sample() and Track::get_next_sample_raw_data(). The resulting comparison can never reach the oversized output count, causing non-terminating decode or raw-sample loops and bypassing max_sequence_frames. The same sequence path repeatedly calls Box_stts::get_sample_duration() and allocates Chunk::m_sample_ranges and Track::m_presentation_timeline outside MemoryHandle accounting, allowing severe CPU and memory exhaustion from a small file. 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 11:01:15 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 01:31:01 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.