CVE-2025-62821
Published: 19 June 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-62821 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Microsoft Heif Image Extension. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 47.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-210287
Vulnerability details
Microsoft HEIF Image Extensions 1.2.22.0 has an out-of-bounds read because CHEIFItemInfoEntry_GetDataSize can return success while leaving the reported data size as 0. This causes a caller to make a 1-byte allocation. Later, CopyPixels computes copy_size = stride * abs(roi_height) but…
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does not check the source buffer length before a memmove call.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.