Medium severity · published Aug 18, 2026
CVE-2026-62377
libheif: Reachable assertion in HeifContext::get_track() aborts on a valid-but-empty HEIF sequence file (context.cc:2110)
4.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In 1.23.0 and earlier, a crafted HEIF sequence accepted by heif_context_read_from_memory() can leave the context with no registered sequence tracks and crash when heif_context_get_track(ctx, 0) is called. HeifContext::get_track() in libheif/context.cc executes assert(has_sequence()) before its normal error handling, so assert-enabled builds abort instead of allowing the public wrapper in libheif/api/libheif/heif_sequences.cc to return null. In release builds, removing the assertion lets the track_id zero path dereference m_tracks.begin()->second on an empty map, which is undefined behavior and typically crashes. The issue is reachable through documented public APIs after parsing attacker-controlled bytes. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
libheif · strukturag
< 1.23.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62377
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62377
github.com
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/e1a0bc1c1ae74f8075eaca30a1cdb2b9bee698d3
github.com
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1844
github.com
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.23.1
github.com
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-9ww4-9v47-m7pj
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