CVE-2024-25269

Publication date 5 March 2024

Last updated 12 January 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

libheif <= 1.17.6 contains a memory leak in the function JpegEncoder::Encode. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service attack.

Why is this CVE negligible priority?

Memory leaks (failure to de-allocate memory) in example code.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libheif	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.2
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libheif	Upstream: 877de6b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7952-1
libheif vulnerabilities
12 January 2026