Description

When parsing HEIF/HEIC files, if the iloc box contains an extent_length value less than 2, the subtraction pos.size - 2 causes an unsigned integer underflow.

Location

ext/exif/exif.c line 4424 in exif_scan_HEIF_header()

Reproducer

# patch a valid HEIC file to set extent_length = 1
php -d memory_limit=128M -r "exif_read_data('malicious.heic');"

Result:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size exhausted (tried to allocate 4294967295 bytes)

Fix

PR #20630 - change if ((pos.size) && to if ((pos.size >= 2) &&

PHP Version

PHP 8.6.0-dev (cli) (built: Dec 2 2025 10:49:47) (NTS)
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