CVE-2026-32739 — libheif is Vulnerable to Infinite Loop DoS via stts Sample Duration Lookup
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_d…
Published: 2026-05-19 · CVSS: 6.5 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7