A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Summary: libheif could be made to crash or read sensitive data if it opened a specially crafted file Software Description: - libheif: an ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder Details: 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.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libheif1 1.17.6-1ubuntu4.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7082-1
CVE-2024-41311
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