USN-9012-1

Alex Thomas discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain HEIF images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code if a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file.

References

Affected packages

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

1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7

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

1.21.2-3ubuntu0.3

1.21.2-3ubuntu0.4

1.21.2-3ubuntu0.5

1.21.2-3ubuntu0.6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-gdk-pixbuf",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-thumbnailer",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "heif-view",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-examples",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-aomenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-dav1d",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-j2kenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegdec",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-jpegenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-kvazaar",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-libde265",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-rav1e",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-svtenc",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugin-x265",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif-plugins-all",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libheif1",
            "binary_version": "1.21.2-3ubuntu0.7"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-120208",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V4"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-9012-1.json"