NVD security advisoryHigh
High advisory for libheif 1.18.0
CVE-2026-120208 · Reported 31 Oct 2026
Full advisory details, affected packages, severity context, and original source.
Affected technology
libheif 1.18.0Affected product
Advisory overview
libheif 1.18.0 before 1.23.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in unc_decoder_mixed_interleave::processTile() that allows attackers to write out of bounds by supplying chroma components with unequal bit depths. Attackers can craft a HEIF file declaring, for example, 16-bit Cb and 8-bit Cr to trigger file-controlled heap writes past the Cr plane, potentially achieving code execution in image-processing pipelines.
Related references
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/blob/v1.23.2/libheif/codecs/uncompressed/unc_decoder_mixed_interleave.cc#L95
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/9d3cd91d7b1c8c68deef6d06057ab956bcb0dfb9
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.23.3
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-x8r2-mggj-j6wr
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libheif-1.18.0-before-1.23.3-heap-buffer-overflow-via-unci-mixed-interleave-decoder