High
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in heif through v3.6.2. A global-buffer-overflow exists in the function HevcDecoderConfigurationRecord::getPicHeight() located in hevcdecoderconfigrecord.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-32288
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in heif through v3.6.2. A global-buffer-overflow exists in the function HevcDecoderConfigurationRecord::getPicHeight() located in hevcdecoderconfigrecord.cpp. It allows an attacker to cause code Execution.
osv:CVE-2021-32288
Complete source record
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