{"id":"USN-7952-1","summary":"libheif vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain memory\noperations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial\nof service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS\nand Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-25269)\n\nAldo Ristori discovered that libheif did not correctly handle certain\nmemory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service or execute arbitrary code. 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