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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-11471): libheif vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-11471): libheif vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/23/2019
Created
07/02/2024
Added
07/01/2024
Modified
07/01/2024

Description

libheif 1.4.0 has a use-after-free in heif::HeifContext::Image::set_alpha_channel in heif_context.h because heif_context.cc mishandles references to non-existing alpha images.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libheif-dev
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libheif1

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