libheif vulnerabilities
Summary
It was discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain crafted HEIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-47178) It was discovered that libheif incorrectly validated offsets when decoding certain crafted HEIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-49271) Affected Ubuntu releases: 26.04, 25.10. CVEs: CVE-2026-47178, CVE-2026-49271.
- Ubuntu 26.04
- Ubuntu 25.10
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 4 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 4 hours ago·verify at source
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