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CVE-2023-49460

libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function...

8.8 HighFix available

libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function UncompressedImageCodec::decode_uncompressed_image.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.76%Up 0.7 points since Dec 8, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function UncompressedImageCodec::decode_uncompressed_image.

Record
CVE-2023-49460
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 8.8

libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function UncompressedImageCodec::decode_uncompressed_image.

Record
CVE-2023-49460
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-53421 8.8

libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function UncompressedImageCodec::decode_uncompressed_image.

Record
EUVD-2023-53421
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p36f-mqgp-4pj4 8.8

libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function...

libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function UncompressedImageCodec::decode_uncompressed_image.

Record
GHSA-p36f-mqgp-4pj4
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function UncompressedImageCodec::decode_uncompressed_image.

Record
CVE-2023-49460
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-49460 8.8

libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function UncompressedImageCodec::decode_uncompressed_image.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49460
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-49460 8.8

libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function UncompressedImageCodec::decode_uncompressed_image.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49460
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2024-0243 No score

Updated libheif packages fix security vulnerabilities

Yuchuan Meng discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-49460, CVE-2023-49462, CVE-2023-49463, CVE-2023-49464)

Record
MGASA-2024-0243
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13551-1 No score

gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif-1.17.6-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif-1.17.6-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13551-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6847-1 No score

libheif vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-11471)

Reza Mirzazade Farkhani discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-23109)

Eugene Lim discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-0996)

Min Jang discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-29659)

Yuchuan Meng discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-49460, CVE-2023-49462, CVE-2023-49463, CVE-2023-49464)

Record
USN-6847-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libheif
Debian:13
 before 1.17.6-1
1.17.6-1
libheif
Debian:14
 before 1.17.6-1
1.17.6-1
libheif
Mageia:9
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 1.16.2-1.1.mga9
1.16.2-1.1.mga9
libheif
Mageia:9
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 1.16.2-1.1.mga9.tainted
1.16.2-1.1.mga9.tainted
libheif
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
1.1.0-2
1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
libheif
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
1.5.0-1build11.5.1-11.5.1-1build11.6.0-11.6.1-11.6.1-1build1
1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
libheif
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
1.11.0-11.12.0-2build1
1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affected
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-49460 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Struktur Libheif, published December 7, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. Fixed in libheif 1.17.6-1.

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