Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-43966

libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_iden in image-items/iden.cc.

Published Apr 20, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 21, 2025 · Struktur

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43966. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Struktur is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Low2.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.31%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Struktur libheif 0 <1.19.6

libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_iden in image-items/iden.cc.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Struktur libheif 0 <1.19.60 <1.19.6

How to fix CVE-2025-43966

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43966. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Struktur is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Struktur libheif 0 <1.19.6 0 <1.19.6. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.31%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_iden in image-items/iden.cc.

  2. Apr 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_iden in image-items/iden.cc.

Sources

  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-43966

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-11958

    libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_iden in image-items/iden.cc.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.