USN-8649-1: libheif vulnerabilities

Publication date

19 August 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libheif.


Packages

  • libheif - An ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder

Details

It was discovered that libheif had an integer underflow in the Fraction
constructor when a clap transform was applied twice. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-62289)

It was discovered that libheif had an out-of-bounds read in uncompressed
tile range slicing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-62292)

It was discovered that libheif had an integer underflow in the Fraction
constructor when a clap transform was applied twice. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-62289)

It was discovered that libheif had an out-of-bounds read in uncompressed
tile range slicing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-62292)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute heif-gdk-pixbuf –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
heif-thumbnailer –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
heif-view –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-aomdec –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-aomenc –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-dav1d –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-j2kdec –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-j2kenc –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-jpegdec –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-jpegenc –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-kvazaar –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-libde265 –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-rav1e –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-svtenc –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugin-x265 –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif-plugins-all –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
libheif1 –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4
24.04 LTS noble heif-gdk-pixbuf –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
heif-thumbnailer –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-aomdec –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-aomenc –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-dav1d –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-j2kdec –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-j2kenc –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-jpegdec –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-jpegenc –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-libde265 –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-rav1e –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-svtenc –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif-plugin-x265 –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7
libheif1 –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.7

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