Bug 2519140 (CVE-2026-62377) - CVE-2026-62377 libheif: libheif: Denial of Service via crafted HEIF sequence
Summary: CVE-2026-62377 libheif: libheif: Denial of Service via crafted HEIF sequence
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-62377
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2521922 2521924
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Reported: 2026-08-18 22:13 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-24 14:04 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-18 22:13:19 UTC
libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In 1.23.0 and earlier, a crafted HEIF sequence accepted by heif_context_read_from_memory() can leave the context with no registered sequence tracks and crash when heif_context_get_track(ctx, 0) is called. HeifContext::get_track() in libheif/context.cc executes assert(has_sequence()) before its normal error handling, so assert-enabled builds abort instead of allowing the public wrapper in libheif/api/libheif/heif_sequences.cc to return null. In release builds, removing the assertion lets the track_id zero path dereference m_tracks.begin()->second on an empty map, which is undefined behavior and typically crashes. The issue is reachable through documented public APIs after parsing attacker-controlled bytes. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.1.


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