CVE-2026-41069 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-41069: libheif allows Out-of-bounds vector access leading to invalid dereference (DoS)

Vendor Strukturag
Product libheif
Weakness CWE-125
Published May 22, 2026
Last update May 26, 2026

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and prior, a malformed HEIF sequence file can trigger an out-of-bounds read in core sequence parsing logic, causing DoS. A malformed file can have stco.entry_count == 0 (creating no chunks) while still passing validation because saio.entry_count == 0 matches, but with saiz.sample_count > 0 the SampleAuxInfoReader constructor still enters its loop. This leads to an out-of-bounds dereference on the empty chunks[0] in chunked mode.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 22, 2026 CVE published
May 26, 2026 Record updated