# CVE-2026-47251: libheif has an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-3949: integer overflow bypass in vvdec\_push\_data2

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.22.0
- Published: 2026-07-21 · Updated: 2026-07-22

## Affected

- strukturag libheif: fixed in 1.22.0

## Description

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. The fix for CVE-2026-3949 (commit `b97c8b5`, PR #1712) introduced an integer overflow in the very security check it added. The check itself can be bypassed, allowing a crafted HEIF file with a VVC track to trigger the same out-of-bounds heap read that CVE-2026-3949 was meant to prevent. This is a separate, currently-unpatched vulnerability. Issue #1712 was closed as fixed without testing the edge case where `size` is near `UINT32_MAX`. Version 1.22.0 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on strukturag libheif, upgrade to a fixed version (1.22.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-p6q9-fhf2-vj9v
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1712

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