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CVE-2025-43966

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Apr 21, 2025 | Modified: May 08, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43966
CWEhttps://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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libheif Struktur * 1.19.6 (excluding)
Libheif Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References

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