CVE-2024-25269: 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.

7.5 CVSS

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-25269

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

Affected Products

Vendor: n/a

Product: n/a

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 18.68% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-02 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: poc

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25269
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1073

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