Out-of-bounds read in libheif - CVE-2025-68431

Vulnerability identifier: #VU121163

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-68431

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the HeifPixelImage::overlay() function. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.

libheif
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Desktop Applications Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Oracle Outside In Technology
libheif (Ubuntu package)
libheif1-64bit-debuginfo
libheif1-64bit
libheif1-32bit
libheif1-32bit-debuginfo
gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif
gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif-debuginfo
libheif1-debuginfo
libheif-devel
libheif1
libheif-debugsource
libheif (Debian package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

libheif - update to 1.21.0
libheif (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2, 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2, 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.2, 1.19.7-1ubuntu0.1, 1.20.2-1ubuntu0.1
libheif1-64bit-debuginfo - update to 1.12.0-150400.3.17.1
libheif1-64bit - update to 1.12.0-150400.3.17.1
libheif1-32bit - update to 1.12.0-150400.3.17.1
libheif1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 1.12.0-150400.3.17.1
gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif - addressed in versions 1.12.0-150400.3.17.1, 1.19.5-150700.3.3.1
gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.12.0-150400.3.17.1, 1.19.5-150700.3.3.1
libheif1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.12.0-150400.3.17.1, 1.19.5-150700.3.3.1
libheif-devel - addressed in versions 1.12.0-150400.3.17.1, 1.19.5-150700.3.3.1
libheif1 - addressed in versions 1.12.0-150400.3.17.1, 1.19.5-150700.3.3.1
libheif-debugsource - addressed in versions 1.12.0-150400.3.17.1, 1.19.5-150700.3.3.1
libheif (Debian package) - update to 1.19.8-1+deb13u1

• https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-j87x-4gmq-cqfq

• Out-of-bounds read in libheif
• SUSE update for libheif
• Ubuntu update for libheif
• SUSE update for libheif
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Outside In Technology
• Debian update for libheif