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
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
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
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 20, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
libheif before 1.19.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in ImageItem_iden in image-items/iden.cc.
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.