CVE-2025-61143 json
libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component libtiff/tif_open.c.
published 8mo ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2025-207646 , JLSEC-2026-484
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component libtiff/tif_open.c.
Patch / fix
- julia Libtiff_jll 4.7.2+0
- libtiff libtiff 4.7.1
- tiff Debian 14 4.7.1-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61143
- tiff Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.13
- tiff Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.5
- tiff Ubuntu 25.10 4.7.0-3ubuntu3.1
- tiff Ubuntu 26.10 4.7.0-3ubuntu4
- tiff Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 4.7.0-3ubuntu5
- tiff Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm17
- tiff Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm20
- tiff Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm10
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61143
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- libtiff hummingbird 1 4.7.1-2.1.hum1
- libtiff-tools hummingbird 1 4.7.1-2.1.hum1
red hat advisories RHSA-2026:7504
- tiff SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7, SLE Micro 5.5, SLE Micro 5.4 +2 more 4.0.9-150000.45.63.1
- tiff SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 4.0.9-44.109.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1408-1SUSE-SU-2026:1407-1
- libtiff CBL-Mariner 2.0, Azure Linux 3.0 4.6.0-12
azure linux advisories AZL-78308AZL-78327
Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff#755 pull request
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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-61143 updated cvss 5.5
libtiff: libtiff: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereference in tif_open.c
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libtiff, libtiff-tools, mingw-libtiff, compat-libtiff3, mingw32-libtiff, mingw64-libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libtiff, libtiff-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 libtiffaffected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Hardened Images libtiff 4.7.1-2.1.hum1, libtiff-tools 4.7.1-2.1.hum1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:7504
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 8mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| OSV | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| julia | Libtiff_jll | <4.7.2+0 |
4.7.2+0 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
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gitlab.com
/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/755
issue-tracking, web
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gitlab.com
/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/737
issue-tracking, web
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gist.github.com
/optionGo/9c024cd8e7b131463b84dc60af9bb0aa
third-party-advisory, web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-61143
- NVD CVE-2025-61143
- OSV JLSEC-2026-484
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