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Vulnerabilities in libheif and libde265
From: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith () oracle com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:57:13 -0700
https://heif-heist.com/ seems more promotional than informational at this point, but it does point out there are a number of exploitable vulnerabilities in "native C/C++ decoders such as libheif and libde265". https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security and https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/security both list quite a few new advisories for each in the past few months, so anyone using these codecs should check their versions. The latest security fix releases for these are currently: https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.23.4 https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/releases/tag/v1.1.2 The HEIF Heist page also recommends: > Given the complexity of the ISO base media file format and the pace of decoder > updates, future memory-safety flaws are likely. Production architectures > should disable untrusted HEIF/AVIF decoding where it is not needed, or isolate > image-processing pipelines inside hardened, ephemeral sandboxes. > > Separately, if you self-host Discourse or Next.js, ensure you are on the > latest release and follow their security advisories. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith () oracle com Oracle Solaris Engineering - https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris
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