libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and below, a crafted 800-byte HEIF sequence file causes an infinite loop in Box_stts::get_sample_duration(), consuming 100% CPU indefinitely with zero progress, leading to DoS. The loop has no iteration limit or timeout and is triggered during file open (parsing) - before any user interaction or image decoding. The process stays alive (no crash, no error logged), making it invisible to crash-based monitoring. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.
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| Description | libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and below, a crafted 800-byte HEIF sequence file causes an infinite loop in Box_stts::get_sample_duration(), consuming 100% CPU indefinitely with zero progress, leading to DoS. The loop has no iteration limit or timeout and is triggered during file open (parsing) - before any user interaction or image decoding. The process stays alive (no crash, no error logged), making it invisible to crash-based monitoring. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0. | |
| Title | libheif is Vulnerable to Infinite Loop DoS via stts Sample Duration Lookup | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-835 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-05-19T19:10:03.585Z
Reserved: 2026-03-13T15:02:00.628Z
Link: CVE-2026-32739
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-19T20:16:18.780
Modified: 2026-05-19T21:02:58.987
Link: CVE-2026-32739
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Updated: 2026-05-19T21:30:14Z