Critical severity · published Sep 18, 2026
CVE-2026-84383
libheif: Heap buffer overflow in `scale_nearest_neighbor()` via duplicate Alpha planes from nested `iden`/`auxl` items
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. From 1.22.0 until 1.23.2, a crafted HEIF, HEIC, or AVIF item graph using nested iden and auxl references can make HeifPixelImage::transfer_channel_from_image_as() append duplicate Alpha planes with different bit depths to m_storage. HeifPixelImage::scale_nearest_neighbor() in libheif/image/pixelimage.cc allocates the destination Alpha plane using the first plane's 8-bit depth, then iterates a later 10-bit or 12-bit Alpha component and writes uint16_t samples into the same 8-bit allocation. The output geometry controls the overflow extent and the encoded sample values control the data written, allowing a remote file processed by heif_decode_image() to cause a heap out-of-bounds write. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
libheif · strukturag
>= 1.22.0, < 1.23.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84383
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84383
github.com
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/f4fb8bde4704ebb46e46ff9fb94407c9774153b2
github.com
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.23.2
github.com
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-g89c-p67h-r497
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