UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47709

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-47709
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47709.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47709
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-07-02T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-07-29T10:18:35Z
Severity
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Versions prior to 1.22.0 crashes in the public C API heif_image_handle_get_image_tiling() when a malformed uncompressed HEIF image item has an associated uncC property but no associated ispe property. In debug builds this trips the ispe && uncC assertion in ImageItem_uncompressed::get_heif_image_tiling(). In a release/NDEBUG ASan build, the same file causes a null pointer read at address 0xa8. Version 1.22.0 fixes the issue.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / libheif

Package

Name
libheif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libheif?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6

Affected versions

1.*
1.16.2-2ubuntu1
1.17.1-1ubuntu2
1.17.1-1ubuntu3
1.17.4-1ubuntu1
1.17.6-1ubuntu1
1.17.6-1ubuntu2
1.17.6-1ubuntu3
1.17.6-1ubuntu4
1.17.6-1ubuntu4.1
1.17.6-1ubuntu4.2
1.17.6-1ubuntu4.3
1.17.6-1ubuntu4.4
1.17.6-1ubuntu4.5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-gdk-pixbuf",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-thumbnailer",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-examples",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomdec",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomenc",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-dav1d",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kdec",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kenc",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegenc",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-libde265",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-rav1e",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-svtenc",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-x265",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif1",
            "binary_version": "1.17.6-1ubuntu4.6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47709.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / libheif

Package

Name
libheif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libheif?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6

Affected versions

1.*
1.19.7-1
1.19.8-1
1.20.2-1
1.20.2-1ubuntu0.1
1.20.2-1ubuntu0.3
1.20.2-1ubuntu0.4
1.20.2-1ubuntu0.5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-gdk-pixbuf",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-thumbnailer",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-view",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-examples",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomdec",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomenc",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-dav1d",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kdec",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kenc",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegenc",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-kvazaar",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-libde265",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-rav1e",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-svtenc",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-x265",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugins-all",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif1",
            "binary_version": "1.20.2-1ubuntu0.6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47709.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / libheif

Package

Name
libheif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libheif?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

1.*
1.20.2-1
1.20.2-2
1.20.2-2build1
1.20.2-2build2
1.20.2-2ubuntu1
1.21.2-1
1.21.2-3
1.21.2-3ubuntu0.1
1.21.2-3ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-gdk-pixbuf",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-thumbnailer",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-view",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-examples",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-dav1d",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-kvazaar",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-libde265",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-rav1e",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-svtenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-x265",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugins-all",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif1",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47709.json"