# CVE-2026-84444: libheif uncompressed tiled image encoding allows out-of-bounds write

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.23.2
- Published: 2026-09-18 · Updated: 2026-09-22

## Affected

- strukturag libheif: fixed in 1.23.2

## Description

libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. Prior to 1.23.2, when WITH_UNCOMPRESSED_CODEC is enabled, heif_context_add_image_tile() accepts an independently constructed tile whose component-plane dimensions do not match the tile geometry established by the prototype image. ImageItem_uncompressed::add_image_tile() passes that tile directly to unc_encoder::encode_tile(), which lacked the check_component_sizes() gate and sizes its output from the configured tile geometry while copying the tile's actual component-plane dimensions. An oversized component plane can therefore make unc_encoder_component_interleave::encode_tile() copy attacker-controlled data beyond the heap output buffer. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on strukturag libheif, upgrade to a fixed version (1.23.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-j264-xvrp-5v7q
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/e65071f59a1ac08aa1eb0d07a831deaf6bb4d03b
- https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.23.2

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