Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 25.10: libheif Critical Denial of Service Issues USN-7952
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in libheif. Software Description: - libheif: An ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder Details: It was discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-25269) Aldo Ristori discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-68431)
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in libheif. Software Description: - libheif: An ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder Details: It was discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-25269) Aldo Ristori discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-68431)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 libheif1 1.20.2-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 25.04 libheif1 1.19.7-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libheif1 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libheif1 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libheif1 1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 libheif1 1.20.2-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 25.04 libheif1 1.19.7-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libheif1 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libheif1 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libheif1 1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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