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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Versions 1.21.2 and below contain a heap buffer overflow in MaskImageCodec::decode_mask_image(). When decoding a HEIF file containing a mask image (mski), the function copies the full iloc extent data into a pixel buffer using memcpy(dst, data.data(), data.size()). The copy length data.size() is determined by the iloc extent in the file (attacker-controlled), while the destination buffer is sized based on the declared image dimensions. Because no upper-bound check exists on the data length, a crafted file whose iloc extent exceeds the pixel buffer allocation overflows the heap. The vulnerable single-memcpy branch is reached when the mskC property specifies bits_per_pixel = 8 and the ispe property declares an even width ≥ 64 (so that stride == width), with no changes to default security limits or external codec plugins required. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.
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Heap buffer overflow in libheif versions 1.21.2 and below allows remote attackers to corrupt memory via a maliciously crafted HEIF file containing a mask image (mski) box. The flaw resides in MaskImageCodec::decode_mask_image(), where an attacker-controlled iloc extent length is memcpy'd into an undersized pixel buffer with no upper-bound validation, yielding heap corruption when a user opens the file. …
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Within 24 hours: Identify systems running libheif 1.21.2 or earlier and assess business dependency on HEIF file processing. Within 7 days: Implement interim controls-disable HEIF support where not critical, sandbox image processing services, restrict HEIF file uploads to trusted internal sources only. …
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