| Name | CVE-2024-25269 |
| Description | libheif <= 1.17.6 contains a memory leak in the function JpegEncoder::Encode. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libheif (PTS) | buster | 1.3.2-2~deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.11.0-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.15.1-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie, sid | 1.17.6-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libheif | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1073
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/pull/1074
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/877de6b398198bca387df791b9232922c5721c80
Memory leak in example code