CVE-2022-24457 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

HEIF Image Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0239.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

HEIF Image Extension

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0.0`	affected	< 1.0.43012.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:heif_image_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Heif Image Extension Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-29339	HEIF Image Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24457

History

Fri, 22 May 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2022-03-09T17:07:36.000Z

Updated: 2026-05-22T13:29:49.768Z

Reserved: 2022-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-24457

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T04:13:56.189Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-09T17:15:13.770

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:50:27.657

Link: CVE-2022-24457

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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