CVE-2026-84384

libheif: brotli/zlib decompression paths lack output-size limits, allowing decompression-bomb OOM/DoS

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Sep 18, 2026
Updated
Sep 18, 2026
Reserved
Sep 1, 2026

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Description

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. From 1.19.0 until 1.23.2, crafted HEIF or AVIF mime metadata and unci image data can cause decompress_brotli() and do_inflate() to grow accumulated output without an effective size limit or MemoryHandle accounting. The brotli path has no output bound, while the zlib path checks only a small temporary buffer in a branch that valid streams do not reach, and overlapping icef units can decompress the same payload repeatedly. HeifContext::interpret_heif_file_images() processes multiple compressed metadata items during file opening, allowing a small file to consume unbounded memory and terminate the process. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libheifstrukturag
  • >= 1.19.0, < 1.23.2Affected

References

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