CVE-2026-32739 - libheif is Vulnerable to Infinite Loop DoS via stts Sample Duration Lookup

CVE-2026-32739 - libheif is Vulnerable to Infinite Loop DoS via stts Sample Duration Lookup

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-32739
Published : May 19, 2026, 8:16 p.m. | 42 minutes ago
Description :libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and below, a crafted 800-byte HEIF sequence file causes an infinite loop in Box_stts::get_sample_duration(), consuming 100% CPU indefinitely with zero progress, leading to DoS. The loop has no iteration limit or timeout and is triggered during file open (parsing) - before any user interaction or image decoding. The process stays alive (no crash, no error logged), making it invisible to crash-based monitoring. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.
Severity: 6.5 | MEDIUM
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