CVE-2025-43966

Publication date 21 April 2025

Last updated 12 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_iden in image-items/iden.cc.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libheif 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced by: https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/576b3b996491756c5ab4bb7716b9170afb4378c3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libheif

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H