PT-2023-3276 · Libheif+6 · Libheif+6

Skensita · Published 2023-04-03 · Updated 2025-11-27 · CVE-2023-29659

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libheif version 1.15.1

Description A Segmentation fault caused by a floating point exception exists in libheif using crafted heif images via the heif::Fraction::round() function in box.cc, which causes a denial of service. The vulnerability is related to a floating point exception in the heif::Fraction::round() function. Exploitation of the vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For libheif version 1.15.1, consider disabling the heif::Fraction::round() function in box.cc as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Divide By Zero

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-369

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-1564

ALT-PU-2023-1880

ALT-PU-2023-2041

BDU:2023-03407

CVE-2023-29659

DLA-3945-1

DSA-5796-1

GHSA-22FX-6R9M-R8H9

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_2223-2

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14579-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2223-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2223-2

SUSE-SU-2023_2223-1

SUSE-SU-2023_2223-2

USN-6847-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

Libheif

References · 42

• 🔥 https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/794 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29659 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49462 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/LGKHDCS4HRZE3UGXYYDYPTIPNIBRLQ5L · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29659 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:2223-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6847-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-23109 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se18-bulletin-2025-0114SE18MD · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29659 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3945-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGKHDCS4HRZE3UGXYYDYPTIPNIBRLQ5L · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29659 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/CKAE6NQBA3Q7GS6VTNDZRZZZVPPEFUEZ · Vendor Advisory