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Alpine: tiff: security update to 4.7.1-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435387

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - A weakness has been identified in LibTIFF 4.7.0. This affects the function main of the file tiffcrop.c of
 the component tiffcrop. Executing manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The attack can only be
 executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.
 (CVE-2025-8961)

 - A flaw has been found in LibTIFF 4.7.0. This affects the function
 _TIFFmallocExt/_TIFFCheckRealloc/TIFFHashSetNew/InitCCITTFax3 of the file tools/tiffcmp.c of the component
 tiffcmp. Executing manipulation can lead to memory leak. The attack is restricted to local execution. This
 attack is characterized by high complexity. It is indicated that the exploitability is difficult. The
 exploit has been published and may be used. There is ongoing doubt regarding the real existence of this
 vulnerability. This patch is called ed141286a37f6e5ddafb5069347ff5d587e7a4e0. It is best practice to apply
 a patch to resolve this issue. A researcher disputes the security impact of this issue, because "this is a
 memory leak on a command line tool that is about to exit anyway". In the reply the project maintainer
 declares this issue as "a simple 'bug' when leaving the command line tool and (...) not a security issue
 at all". (CVE-2025-9165)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-8961

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-9165

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435387

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Published: 9/22/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1

Temporal Score: 0.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9165

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.5

Temporal Score: 2.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8961

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8961, CVE-2025-9165