USN-6847-1: libheif vulnerabilities

Publication date

25 June 2024

Overview

libheif could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • libheif - ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder - development file

Details

It was discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting
in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-11471)

Reza Mirzazade Farkhani discovered that libheif incorrectly handled
certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the
program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-23109)

Eugene Lim discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting
in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu
20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-0996)

Min Jang discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image...

It was discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting
in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-11471)

Reza Mirzazade Farkhani discovered that libheif incorrectly handled
certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the
program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-23109)

Eugene Lim discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting
in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu
20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-0996)

Min Jang discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting
in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-29659)

Yuchuan Meng discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting
in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10.
(CVE-2023-49460, CVE-2023-49462, CVE-2023-49463, CVE-2023-49464)


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
23.10 mantic heif-gdk-pixbuf –  1.16.2-2ubuntu1.1
libheif-dev –  1.16.2-2ubuntu1.1
libheif-plugin-libde265 –  1.16.2-2ubuntu1.1
libheif1 –  1.16.2-2ubuntu1.1
22.04 jammy heif-gdk-pixbuf –  1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libheif-dev –  1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libheif1 –  1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 focal heif-gdk-pixbuf –  1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libheif-dev –  1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libheif1 –  1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 bionic libheif-dev –  1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libheif1 –  1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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