QSN-8683-1: libheif vulnerabilities
2026-08-26

Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in libheif.

Details:
Feng Ning discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image
transforms. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu
20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-62289)

Ali Firas discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain images. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-62291)

Affected QuantaStor releases:
  6.9.1.001 jammy: libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 (fixed in 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm4)
  6.9.0.464 jammy: libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 (fixed in 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm4)
  6.8.6.015 jammy: libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 (fixed in 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm4)
  6.8.5.018 jammy: libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 (fixed in 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm4)
  6.8.4.038 jammy: libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 (fixed in 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm4)
  6.8.3.018 jammy: libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 (fixed in 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm4)
  6.8.2.002 jammy: libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 (fixed in 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm4)
  6.8.1.007 jammy: libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 (fixed in 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm4)
  6.8.0.205 jammy: libheif1 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 (fixed in 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm4)

CVEs: CVE-2026-62291, CVE-2026-62289

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8683-1