CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-43966

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Apr 21, 2025 | Modified: Apr 21, 2025

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43966
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_iden in image-items/iden.cc.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Potential Mitigations

References

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