Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-29659
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libheif package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Segmentation fault caused by a floating point exception exists in libheif 1.15.1 using crafted heif images via the heif::Fraction::round() function in box.cc, which causes a denial of service.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libheif | 1.15.1-1+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29659 |
| Debian:12 | libheif | 1.15.1-1+deb12u1 | DSA-5796-1 |
| Debian:13 | libheif | 1.16.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29659 |
| Debian:14 | libheif | 1.16.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29659 |
| Go | github.com/strukturag/libheif | 1.15.2 | GHSA-22fx-6r9m-r8h9 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-369 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/794
- FEDORA-2023-e679ea4fa2 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-440c8694e5 vendor-advisory