ETK-2026-702Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.description
libheif versions before 1.23.6 can consume excessive CPU while decoding crafted tiled HEIF images. An attacker can cause a service or application to spend disproportionate processing time if it accepts untrusted images and was built with the uncompressed codec enabled.
mitigation
Upgrade libheif to version 1.23.6 or later. If an upgrade cannot be applied promptly, disable the uncompressed codec and avoid decoding untrusted HEIF files in affected builds.
fixed in 1.23.6
outcome
No artifact: an exploit or check was attempted but could not be produced at this moment.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-05 16:37Zghsa: trigger signal, started the run
- 2026-10-05 16:37Z
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published 2026-10-06 00:55Z
last change 2026-10-21 10:52Z
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