CVE-2023-49462

Summary

CVE-2023-49462 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting libheif version 1.17.5. This issue involves a segmentation violation located in the /libheif/exif.cc component of the library. An attacker could potentially exploit this flaw by sending maliciously crafted data to a vulnerable system, causing it to crash or execute arbitrary code. The exact conditions required to trigger this vulnerability have yet to be fully understood, but affected users are advised to update to the latest version of libheif as soon as possible to mitigate the risk.

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