NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libtiff package, versions [,4.7.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBTIFF-15357661
  • published26 Feb 2026
  • disclosed23 Feb 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Feb 2026

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

How to fix?

Upgrade libtiff to version 4.7.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the tif_open.c. An attacker can cause a crash of the application by triggering a NULL pointer dereference through crafted input files.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1