CVE-2024-25269 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via a memory leak in the JPEG encoder of the libheif library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-25269?
CVE-2024-25269 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libheif <= 1.17.6 contains a memory leak in the function JpegEncoder::Encode. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service attack.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25269?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Struktur Libheif.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25269?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-25269 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-25269 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25269, ECHO-9b73-8b89-16b1, GHSA-cqh8-r8g2-2v3r, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-25269, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25269.