CVE catalog
CVE-2023-29659
libheif: CVE-2023-29659
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.93% · Oct 25, 2026
A Segmentation fault caused by a floating point exception exists in libheif 1.15.1 using crafted heif images via the heif::Fraction::round() function in box.cc, which causes a denial of service.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libheif | sid | 1.23.6-2 | fixed |
| Debian | libheif | forky | 1.23.6-2 | fixed |
| Debian | libheif | trixie | 1.19.8-1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | libheif | trixie-security | 1.23.6-2~deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | libheif | bookworm | 1.15.1-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Debian | libheif | bookworm-security | 1.15.1-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libheif | pro | 1.11.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libheif | pro | 1.12.0-2build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libheif | pro | 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Suse | libheif | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp4 | 1.12.0-150400.3.11.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | libheif | leap 15.4 | 1.12.0-150400.3.11.1 | fixed |
| Suse | libheif | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp5 | 1.12.0-150400.3.11.1 | fixed |
| Suse | libheif | linux enterprise module for package hub 15 sp5 | 1.12.0-150400.3.11.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | libheif | leap 15.5 | 1.12.0-150400.3.11.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libheif | source | sid | 1.16.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1035607] |
| Debian | libheif | source | forky | 1.16.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1035607] |
| Debian | libheif | source | trixie | 1.16.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1035607] |
| Debian | libheif | source | bookworm | 1.15.1-1+deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1035607] |
| Ubuntu | libheif | deb | pro | 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29659 | Not reported |
| Suse | libheif | rpm | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp4 | 1.12.0-150400.3.11.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:2223-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | libheif | rpm | leap 15.4 | 1.12.0-150400.3.11.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:2223-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | libheif | rpm | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp5 | 1.12.0-150400.3.11.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:2223-2 | Not reported |
| Suse | libheif | rpm | linux enterprise module for package hub 15 sp5 | 1.12.0-150400.3.11.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:2223-2 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | libheif | rpm | leap 15.5 | 1.12.0-150400.3.11.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:2223-2 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2023_2223-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29659]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5796-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:2223-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:2223-2]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29659]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29659]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-29659.json]
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