CVE-2025-43967 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Libheif

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA2.9
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Struktur LibheifDebian Libheif
Timeline
PublishedApr 21
Latest updateJan 15

Description

libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_Grid::get_decoder in image-items/grid.cc because a grid image can reference a nonexistent image item.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/libheif< libheif 1.19.7-1 (forky)
▶CVEListV5struktur/libheif< 1.19.6
▶NVDstruktur/libheif< 1.19.6
▶Debianstruktur/libheif< 1.19.7-1+1

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c48q-x6xw-g5h8: libheif before 1↗2025-04-21
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OSV
CVE-2025-43967: libheif before 1↗2025-04-21
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CVEList
CVE-2025-43967: libheif before 1↗2025-04-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix: Client Bundle (libheif) — CVE-2025-43967↗2026-01-15
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Debian
CVE-2025-43967: libheif - libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_Grid::get_deco...↗2025
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