CVE-2024-25269

Exp

libheif <= 1.17.6 contains a memory leak in the function JpegEncoder::Encode. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service attack.

Published: 2024-03-05 Last update: 2025-03-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-25269 is rated Exploit Available (52.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-25269

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-25269

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-11 0.05% 0.07% +0.02%
2 2026-02-05 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
3 2026-01-20 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-25269

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-25269

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-25269

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-25269: 1 source package rows (libheif); 7 state rows across 4 repos (3.20-community, 3.22-community, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 0, open 7. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-25269
debian unimportant CVE-2024-25269 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libheif), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25269
suse high CVE-2024-25269 severity important: SUSE including 4 source package names (gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif, libheif, libheif-devel, libheif1), 13 product×package rows across 6 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, … (6 product lines)): Known Not Affected 13. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25269/
ubuntu negligible CVE-2024-25269 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libheif), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): not-affected 4, released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25269

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-25269

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
struktur libheif <= 1.17.6 cpe:2.3:a:struktur:libheif:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-25269

URL Tags
https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/1073 Exploit Issue Tracking
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