libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component libtiff/tif_open.c.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1407-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-61143: Fixed NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1258798).
    - CVE-2025-61144: Fixed stack overflow in readSeparateStripsIntoBuffer() (bsc#1258801).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1408-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-61143: Fixed NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1258798).
    - CVE-2025-61144: Fixed stack overflow in readSeparateStripsIntoBuffer() (bsc#1258801).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the libtiff package has been released.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1498 advisory.

    libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component     libtiff/tif_open.c. (CVE-2025-61143)

    libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the readSeparateStripsIntoBuffer     function. (CVE-2025-61144)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8113-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that LibTIFF did not properly handle memory when processing certain images. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to cause LibTIFF to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2025-61143)

    It was discovered that LibTIFF did not properly handle memory when processing malformed TIFF directories.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibTIFF to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2025-61144)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of compat-libtiff3 installed on the remote host is prior to 3.9.4-12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3195 advisory.

    libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component     libtiff/tif_open.c. (CVE-2025-61143)

    libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the readSeparateStripsIntoBuffer     function. (CVE-2025-61144)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of libtiff installed on the remote host is prior to 4.0.3-35. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3196 advisory.

    libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component     libtiff/tif_open.c. (CVE-2025-61143)

    libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the readSeparateStripsIntoBuffer     function. (CVE-2025-61144)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component     libtiff/tif_open.c. (CVE-2025-61143)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
306880	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2026:1407-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
306877	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2026:1408-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
306355	Photon OS 4.0: Libtiff PHSA-2026-4.0-0995	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
306348	Photon OS 5.0: Libtiff PHSA-2026-5.0-0815	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
304273	Amazon Linux 2023 : libtiff, libtiff-devel, libtiff-static (ALAS2023-2026-1498)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
303755	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : LibTIFF vulnerabilities (USN-8113-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
303101	Amazon Linux 2 : compat-libtiff3, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3195 (ALAS-2026-3195)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
303089	Amazon Linux 2 : libtiff, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3196 (ALAS-2026-3196)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
299824	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-61143	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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