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Wordfence Argus Discovers Critical Vulnerability in libheif, the Library That Opens iPhone Photos on Your Server

medwordfencePublished 2026-09-18

<p>On September 1, 2026, the <a href="https://github.com/strukturag/libheif" rel="noopener" target="_blank">libheif</a> project released version <a href="https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.23.3" rel="noopener" target="_blank">1.23.3</a>, closing a critical heap buffer overflow that the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, using <a href="https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vuln

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Original source: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2026/09/wordfence-argus-discovers-critical-vulnerability-in-libheif-the-library-that-opens-iphone-photos-on-your-server/