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Medium ALSA-2025:4658 1 CVE

Moderate: libtiff security update

Published May 7, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.

Security Fix(es):

* libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in tools/pal2rgb.c can lead to denial of service (CVE-2017-17095)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 libtiff 4.0.9-34.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 libtiff-devel 4.0.9-34.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 libtiff-tools 4.0.9-34.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2017-17095 Public exploit EPSS 11%

    tools/pal2rgb.c in pal2rgb in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TIFFSetupStrips heap-…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17095
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1524284
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-4658.html