USN-8846-1: libheif vulnerabilities

Publication date

29 September 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libheif.


Packages

  • libheif - An ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder

Details

Yuqi Qiu and Xiang Li discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain
compressed metadata. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-84384)

Yuqi Qiu and Xiang Li discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain
HEIF sequence data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-84446)

Yuqi Qiu and Xiang Li discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain
image references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-84447)

It was discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain region masks.
A local attacker could...

Yuqi Qiu and Xiang Li discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain
compressed metadata. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-84384)

Yuqi Qiu and Xiang Li discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain
HEIF sequence data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-84446)

Yuqi Qiu and Xiang Li discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain
image references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-84447)

It was discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain region masks.
A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-84448)

It was discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain images. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-84449)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute heif-gdk-pixbuf –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
heif-thumbnailer –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
heif-view –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-dev –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-aomdec –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-aomenc –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-dav1d –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-j2kdec –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-j2kenc –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-jpegdec –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-jpegenc –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-kvazaar –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-libde265 –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-rav1e –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-svtenc –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugin-x265 –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif-plugins-all –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
libheif1 –  1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6
24.04 LTS noble heif-gdk-pixbuf –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
heif-thumbnailer –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-dev –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-aomdec –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-aomenc –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-dav1d –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-j2kdec –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-j2kenc –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-jpegdec –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-jpegenc –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-libde265 –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-rav1e –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-svtenc –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif-plugin-x265 –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
libheif1 –  1.17.6-1ubuntu4.9
22.04 LTS jammy heif-gdk-pixbuf –  1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm5  
heif-thumbnailer –  1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm5  
libheif-dev –  1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm5  
libheif1 –  1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm5  
20.04 LTS focal heif-gdk-pixbuf –  1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm5  
heif-thumbnailer –  1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm5  
libheif-dev –  1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm5  
libheif1 –  1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm5  
18.04 LTS bionic libheif-dev –  1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm5  
libheif1 –  1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm5  

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