| Name | CVE-2025-43966 |
| Description | libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_iden in image-items/iden.cc. |
| 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) | bullseye | 1.11.0-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.11.0-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1.15.1-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.19.8-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libheif | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| libheif | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| libheif | source | (unstable) | 1.19.7-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - libheif <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[bullseye] - libheif <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
Introduced after: https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/576b3b996491756c5ab4bb7716b9170afb4378c3 (v1.19.0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/b38555387e4b5dcf036fe45b0c440aca19b7b69c (v1.19.6)