GHSA-3243-948x-x627 json
Memory exhaustion when parsing a crafted `iloc` box
published 7d ago modified 2d ago also RUSTSEC-2026-0458
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, OSV
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- —
- no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
`heifer-isobmff` read the item and extent counts of the `iloc` box (item locations) from the file and allocated memory for them before checking that the box was large enough to hold that many entries. Extents that declare no field at all take zero bytes each, so a small crafted file could declare an enormous number of them. A 42 KB file made parsing allocate several gigabytes, which can exhaust memory and abort the process.
Any application that parses untrusted HEIF/HEIC files with `heifer-isobmff`, directly or through the `heifer` crate, is affected: `HeifFile::parse` and every decoding and metadata function built on it.
The flaw was corrected in 0.3.27 (commit [`1a8426e`](https://github.com/HarpeLm/Heifer/commit/1a8426e1b41160fb48d8baf8be858238570a8093)): item and extent counts are bounded by the size of the box, extents that carry no field are rejected, and the total number of extents is capped.
Patch / fix
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Check with FencerCVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSV | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | heifer-isobmff | >=0.0.0-0, <0.3.27 |
0.3.27 |
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