libheif is a HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. In versions 1.21.2 and below, a crafted 800-byte HEIF sequence file causes an infinite loop in Box_stts::get_sample_duration(), consuming 100% CPU indefinitely with zero progress, leading to DoS. The loop has no iteration limit or timeout and is triggered during file open (parsing) - before any user interaction or image decoding. The process stays alive (no crash, no error logged), making it invisible to crash-based monitoring. This issue has been fixed in version 1.22.0.
Exploitability
AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RScope
S:UImpact
C:NI:NA:H6.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HOther