vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-6847-1 (CVE-2023-0996): libheif vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 24, 2023 | Jul 1, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 24, 2023
Added
Jul 1, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
There is a vulnerability in the strided image data parsing code in the emscripten wrapper for libheif. An attacker could exploit this through a crafted image file to cause a buffer overflow in linear memory during a memcpy call.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-heif-gdk-pixbufubuntu-pro-upgrade-libheif-devubuntu-pro-upgrade-libheif1ubuntu-upgrade-heif-gdk-pixbufubuntu-upgrade-libheif-devubuntu-upgrade-libheif-plugin-libde265ubuntu-upgrade-libheif1
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