Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-25269
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in the libheif package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
libheif <= 1.17.6 contains a memory leak in the function JpegEncoder::Encode. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service attack.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libheif | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25269 |
| Debian:13 | libheif | 1.17.6-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25269 |
| Debian:14 | libheif | 1.17.6-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25269 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libheif | 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.2 | USN-7952-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libheif | 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25269 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libheif | 1.20.2-1ubuntu0.1 | USN-7952-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H