# CVE-2026-47709: libheif has a NULL pointer dereference in heif\_image\_handle\_get\_image\_tiling for malformed unci image missing ispe

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/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. Versions prior to 1.22.0 crashes in the public C API `heif_image_handle_get_image_tiling()` when a malformed uncompressed HEIF image item has an associated `uncC` property but no associated `ispe` property. In debug builds this trips the `ispe && uncC` assertion in `ImageItem_uncompressed::get_heif_image_tiling()`. In a release/NDEBUG ASan build, the same file causes a null pointer read at address `0xa8`. Version 1.22.0 fixes 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-4h72-vqgp-9376
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1802
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/pull/1806

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