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Alpine: libtiffxx, multiple tiff packages: 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 vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability
 affects the function get_histogram of the file tools/tiffmedian.c. The manipulation leads to use after
 free. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be
 used. The patch is identified as fe10872e53efba9cc36c66ac4ab3b41a839d5172. It is recommended to apply a
 patch to fix this issue. (CVE-2025-8176)

 - A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this
 vulnerability is the function t2p_read_tiff_init of the file tools/tiff2pdf.c of the component fax2ps. The
 manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity
 of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The patch is named
 2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
 (CVE-2024-13978)

 - 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)

 - libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a double free via the component tools/tiffcrop.c.
 (CVE-2025-61145)

Solution

Update the libtiffxx library and its related packages to version 4.7.1-r0 or later.

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-13978

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-61143

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-61144

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-61145

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-8176

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-8534

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

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

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-9900

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-18495

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435387

Version: Revision 1.12

Type: Local

Published: 9/22/2025

Updated: 10/24/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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: 7/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-13978, CVE-2025-61143, CVE-2025-61144, CVE-2025-61145, CVE-2025-8176, CVE-2025-8534, CVE-2025-8961, CVE-2025-9165, CVE-2025-9900, CVE-2026-18495