USN-8683-1: libheif vulnerabilities

USN-8683-1: libheif vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Thu, 08/27/2026 - 04:28
Feng Ning discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image transforms. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-62289) Ali Firas discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-62291)

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