CVE-2025-43967: libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_Grid::get_decoder in image-items/grid.cc because a grid image can reference a...

2.9 CVSS

Description

libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_Grid::get_decoder in image-items/grid.cc because a grid image can reference a nonexistent image item.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-43967

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 2.9

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Problem Types

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Affected Products

Vendor: struktur

Product: libheif

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 8.02% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-19 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43967
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/compare/v1.19.5...v1.19.6
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1455
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/6e35af7b0ff9fb6cc952a1539590d160db32f671

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