ETK-2026-2719Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.description
libheif 1.21.0 through 1.23.6 can spend excessive CPU time while decoding crafted HEIF image sequences. An attacker who can supply a sequence to an application using sequence decoding may exhaust decoder or worker CPU resources, even when the application only requests an initial frame.
mitigation
Upgrade libheif to version 1.23.7 or later. Until upgrading, avoid processing untrusted HEIF image sequences through the sequence-decoding interface.
fixed in 1.23.7
outcome
Contextual, not validated: no deterministic check could cover this one, and no technique passed our review.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-26 11:52Zghsa: trigger signal, started the run
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{ "etk_id": "ETK-2026-2719", "cve_id": null, "display_id": "ETK-2026-2719", "ghsa_id": "GHSA-73j7-gvm9-x8q6", "euvd_id": null, "status": "published", "anchor_state": "awaiting_cve", "title": "CPU denial of service in libheif sequence decoding", "summary": "libheif 1.21.0 through 1.23.6 can spend excessive CPU time while decoding crafted HEIF image sequences. An attacker who can supply a sequence to an application using sequence decoding may exhaust decoder or worker CPU resources, even when the application only requests an initial frame.", "mitigation": "Upgrade libheif to version 1.23.7 or later. Until upgrading, avoid processing untrusted HEIF image sequences through the sequence-decoding interface.", "vendor": "other", "product": "libheif", "affected": [ { "affected_notes": [], "affected_ranges": [ ">= 1.21.0, < 1.23.7" ], "ecosystem": "other", "fixed_versions": [ "1.23.7" ], "package_name": "libheif", "purl": null } ], "cwes": [ 834 ], "cvss_score": 7.5, "cvss_src": "cna_vendor", "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "epss_score": null, "epss_percentile": null, "epss_asof": null, "automation": "contextual", "check": false, "check_confidence_basis": null, "exploit": false, "pipeline_minutes": 15.552118116666668, "t0_at": null, "signals": { "trigger_signal": { "at": "2026-10-26T11:52:15+00:00", "days": -0.8060369665046296, "is_lower_bound": true, "measured_at": "2026-10-27T07:12:56.676772+00:00", "url": "https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/security/advisories/GHSA-73j7-gvm9-x8q6" } } }
published 2026-10-27 03:32Z
last change 2026-10-27 07:10Z
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