PT-2025-17422 · Libheif+2 · Libheif+2

Farindk · Published 2025-02-28 · Updated 2025-04-21 · CVE-2025-43966

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libheif versions prior to 1.19.6

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the ImageItem iden function, located in image-items/iden.cc. This problem can lead to potential crashes or other unintended behavior when the function is called.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.19.6, update to version 1.19.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ImageItem iden function in image-items/iden.cc until a patch is available.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-14111

CVE-2025-43966

ECHO-2B93-9A91-0D00

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Debian

Libheif

References · 18

• https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/b38555387e4b5dcf036fe45b0c440aca19b7b69c · Patch
• https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/compare/v1.19.5...v1.19.6 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-14111 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43966 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-43966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43966 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-43966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-43966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-43966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvedetector/23424 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1914165105035710760 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1914329674223697989 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/22034 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119103 · Telegram Post