PT-2023-1886 · Libheif+5 · Libheif+5

Eugene Lim · Published 2023-02-23 · Updated 2025-03-11 · CVE-2023-0996

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libheif (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the strided image data parsing code in the emscripten wrapper for libheif. An attacker could exploit this through a crafted image file to cause a buffer overflow in linear memory during a memcpy() call. This can lead to a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-1389

BDU:2023-01487

CVE-2023-0996

DLA-3945-1

MGASA-2023-0144

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14579-1

SUSE-SU-2023:1766-1

USN-6847-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Red Os

Ubuntu

Libheif

References · 41

• https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/pull/759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2023-0727SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49462 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2023-0426SE17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0996 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6847-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-23109 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0144.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3945-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29659 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-01487 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49464 · Vendor Advisory