NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libtiff-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.29


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LIBTIFFDEBUGINFO-15751541
  • published23 Mar 2026
  • disclosed23 Feb 2026

Introduced: 23 Feb 2026

CVE-2025-61143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libtiff-debuginfo to version 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.29 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2026-3196.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-debuginfo package and not the libtiff-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component libtiff/tif_open.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1