libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function find_exif_tag at /libheif/exif.cc.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - libheif v1.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function find_exif_tag at     /libheif/exif.cc. (CVE-2023-49463)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6847-1 advisory.

    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.
    (CVE-2019-11471)

    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. (CVE-2020-23109)

    Eugene Lim 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, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-0996)

    Min Jang 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 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-29659)

    Yuchuan Meng 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     23.10. (CVE-2023-49460, CVE-2023-49462, CVE-2023-49463, CVE-2023-49464)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-692921aeb2 advisory.

    Automatic update for libheif-1.17.5-1.fc40.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Fri Dec 15 2023 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> - 1.17.5-2
    - Update to 1.17.5 (rhbz#2244583)
    - Backport fixes for: CVE-2023-49460 (rhbz#2253575, rhbz#2253576)                           CVE-2023-49462 (rhbz#2253567, rhbz#2253568)                           CVE-2023-49463 (rhbz#2253565, rhbz#2253566)                           CVE-2023-49464 (rhbz#2253562, rhbz#2253563)
    - Simplify conditionals for rav1e and svt-av1 encoders
    - Enable JPEG2000 and dav1d decoders/encoders

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
226955	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-49463	Nessus	Misc.	high
201014	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : libheif vulnerabilities (USN-6847-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
194515	Fedora 40 : libheif (2023-692921aeb2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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