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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : libheif vulnerability (USN-7082-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209555

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7082-1 advisory.

 Gerrard Tai discovered that libheif did not properly validate certain images, leading to out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to obtain sensitive information.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7082-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209555

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7082-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2024

Updated: 3/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41311

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-aomdec, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-j2kdec, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-j2kenc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-libde265, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-svtenc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heif-thumbnailer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-ffmpegdec, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-jpegdec, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-rav1e, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-aomenc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-dav1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-x265, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libheif-plugin-jpegenc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:heif-gdk-pixbuf

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41311

IAVB: 2024-B-0162

USN: 7082-1