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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-50142 · published 18 August 2026

CVE-2026-50142: Integer overflow vulnerability

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. From 1.19.0 until 1.23.0, a crafted HEIF sequence accepted by heif_context_read_from_memory() with the msf1 sequence brand can cause unbounded heap allocation. In libheif/sequences/seq_boxes.cc, Box_stsz::parse() applies max_sequence_frames only to variable-size samples, so fixed-size mode accepts an attacker-controlled sample_count without a bound. In libheif/sequences/track.cc, Track::load() also adds current_sample_idx and samples_per_chunk in 32-bit arithmetic, allowing the consistency check to be bypassed by wraparound. The resulting values reach the Chunk::Chunk() allocation path, which can consume gigabytes of memory and crash or stall the process through memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.0.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.66% · top 50.7% CWE-190 · Integer overflowCWE-770 · Allocation without limits Deferred
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.66%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
0Affected product versions listed by NVD
3References
9 Sep 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. From 1.19.0 until 1.23.0, a crafted HEIF sequence accepted by heif_context_read_from_memory() with the msf1 sequence brand can cause unbounded heap allocation. In libheif/sequences/seq_boxes.cc, Box_stsz::parse() applies max_sequence_frames only to variable-size samples, so fixed-size mode accepts an attacker-controlled sample_count without a bound. In libheif/sequences/track.cc, Track::load() also adds current_sample_idx and samples_per_chunk in 32-bit arithmetic, allowing the consistency check to be bypassed by wraparound. The resulting values reach the Chunk::Chunk() allocation path, which can consume gigabytes of memory and crash or stall the process through memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.0.

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

References

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https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/a6caa38f7a70d66dc9caec2a7bfe20935b32c622
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.23.0
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-jvmp-j3cw-84mh

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-50142), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.