Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2026
libheif allows Out-of-bounds vector access leading to invalid dereference (DoS)
CVE-2026-41069
Description
libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and prior, a malformed HEIF sequence file can trigger an out-of-bounds read in core sequence parsing logic, causing DoS. A malformed file can have stco.entry_count == 0 (creating no chunks) while still passing validation because saio.entry_count == 0 matches, but with saiz.sample_count > 0 the SampleAuxInfoReader constructor still enters its loop. This leads to an out-of-bounds dereference on the empty chunks[0] in chunked mode.
Affected products
1- Range: <=1.21.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
2- github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.22.0mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-p82x-fpmv-576rmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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