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USN-8649-1: libheif vulnerabilities

USN-8649-1: libheif vulnerabilities

Ubuntu • August 19, 2026

It was discovered that libheif had an integer underflow in the Fraction constructor when a clap transform was applied twice. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-62289 ) It was discovered that libheif had an out-of-bounds read in uncompressed tile range slicing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10. ( CVE-2026-62292 )

It was discovered that libheif had an integer underflow in the Fraction constructor when a clap transform was applied twice. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-62289 )

It was discovered that libheif had an out-of-bounds read in uncompressed tile range slicing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10. ( CVE-2026-62292 )

It was discovered that libheif had an integer underflow in the Fraction constructor when a clap transform was applied twice. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-62289 ) It was discovered that libheif had an out-of-bounds read in uncompressed tile range slicing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10. ( CVE-2026-62292 )

It was discovered that libheif had an integer underflow in the Fraction constructor when a clap transform was applied twice. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-62289 )

It was discovered that libheif had an out-of-bounds read in uncompressed tile range slicing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libheif to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10. ( CVE-2026-62292 )

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