CVE-2023-29659
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6847-1
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
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*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*SSVC
Descriptions
A Segmentation fault caused by a floating point exception exists in libheif 1.15.1 using crafted heif images via the heif::Fraction::round() function in box.cc, which causes a denial of service.
It was discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Reza Mirzazade Farkhani discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
*Credits:
N/A
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Timeline
- 2023-04-07 CVE Reserved
- 2023-05-05 CVE Published
- 2025-01-29 CVE Updated
- 2025-01-29 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-369: Divide By Zero
CAPEC
References (3)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/794 | 2025-01-29 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Struktur Search vendor "Struktur" | Libheif Search vendor "Struktur" for product "Libheif" | 1.15.1 Search vendor "Struktur" for product "Libheif" and version "1.15.1" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 36 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "36" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 37 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "37" | - |
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