USN-8113-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

Publication date

23 March 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.


Packages

  • tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details

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)

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)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.10 questing libtiff-opengl –  4.7.0-3ubuntu3.1
libtiff-tools –  4.7.0-3ubuntu3.1
libtiff6 –  4.7.0-3ubuntu3.1
libtiffxx6 –  4.7.0-3ubuntu3.1
24.04 LTS noble libtiff-opengl –  4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.5
libtiff-tools –  4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.5
libtiff6 –  4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.5
libtiffxx6 –  4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.5
22.04 LTS jammy libtiff-opengl –  4.3.0-6ubuntu0.13
libtiff-tools –  4.3.0-6ubuntu0.13
libtiff5 –  4.3.0-6ubuntu0.13
libtiffxx5 –  4.3.0-6ubuntu0.13
20.04 LTS focal libtiff-opengl –  4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.14+esm3  
libtiff-tools –  4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.14+esm3  
libtiff5 –  4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.14+esm3  
libtiffxx5 –  4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.14+esm3  
18.04 LTS bionic libtiff-opengl –  4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm10  
libtiff-tools –  4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm10  
libtiff5 –  4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm10  
libtiffxx5 –  4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm10  
16.04 LTS xenial libtiff-opengl –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm20  
libtiff-tools –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm20  
libtiff5 –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm20  
libtiffxx5 –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm20  
14.04 LTS trusty libtiff-opengl –  4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm17  
libtiff-tools –  4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm17  
libtiff5 –  4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm17  
libtiffxx5 –  4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm17  

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