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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2025-43966

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

The package libheif prior to 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in "ImageItem_iden" in "image-items/iden.cc".

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

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.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published