UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29659

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29659
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29659.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29659
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Published
2023-05-05T16:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:54:26Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A Segmentation fault caused by a floating point exception exists in libheif 1.15.1 using crafted heif images via the heif::Fraction::round() function in box.cc, which causes a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / libheif

Package

Name
libheif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libheif@1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.0-1build1
1.5.1-1
1.5.1-1build1
1.6.0-1
1.6.1-1
1.6.1-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-gdk-pixbuf",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-gdk-pixbuf-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-thumbnailer",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-thumbnailer-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-examples",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-examples-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif1",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / libheif

Package

Name
libheif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libheif@1.12.0-2build1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.11.0-1
1.12.0-2build1

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS / libheif

Package

Name
libheif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libheif@1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.11.0-1
1.12.0-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-gdk-pixbuf",
            "binary_version": "1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-gdk-pixbuf-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-thumbnailer",
            "binary_version": "1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-thumbnailer-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-examples",
            "binary_version": "1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-examples-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif1",
            "binary_version": "1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}