What is CVE-2020-19499?

CVE-2020-19499 is a high-severity vulnerability in Struktur Libheif, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-19499?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Struktur Libheif

CVE-2020-19499

An issue was discovered in heif::Box_iref::get_references in libheif 1.4.0, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or possibly other unspecified impact due to an invalid memory read.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (68.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Struktur Libheif — versions 1.4.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-19499?: CVE-2020-19499 is a high-severity vulnerability in Struktur Libheif, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-19499?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.