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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-19498 · published 21 July 2021

CVE-2020-19498: Struktur libheif vulnerability

Struktur · Libheif

Floating point exception in function Fraction in libheif 1.4.0, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or possibly other unspecified impacts.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 1.4% · top 29.2%
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.8
1.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Floating point exception in function Fraction in libheif 1.4.0, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or possibly other unspecified impacts.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/2710c930918609caaf0a664e9c7bc3dce05d5b58 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/139 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/2710c930918609caaf0a664e9c7bc3dce05d5b58 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/139 ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-19498), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.