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Medium 6.1Published Jul 21, 2026

CVE-2026-47251libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder.

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. The fix for CVE-2026-3949 (commit `b97c8b5`, PR #1712) introduced an integer overflow in the very security check it added. The check itself can be bypassed, allowing a crafted HEIF file with a VVC track to trigger the same out-of-bounds heap read that CVE-2026-3949 was meant to prevent. This is a separate, currently-unpatched vulnerability. Issue #1712 was closed as fixed without testing the edge case where `size` is near `UINT32_MAX`. Version 1.22.0 patches the issue.

CVSS
6.1 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-125, CWE-190
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Not given
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Jul 27, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
struktur libheif
struktur:libheif
before 1.22.0
NVD

References

  • issue-tracking
  • exploit, vendor-advisory

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