SUSE · Security update for tiff
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium · fixed in SUSE package updates : update SUSE when convenient.
Data as of 4 Nov 2026, 18:07 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 4.7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:XExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Aug 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 4 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Update the TIFF library to version 4.7.1 or later, which contains fixes for both CVE-2025-8851 and CVE-2025-9900. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Description
Two security vulnerabilities in the TIFF library were fixed in version 4.7.1. These include a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2025-8851) and a write-what-where condition via the TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented function (CVE-2025-9900).
References
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2025_3957-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20253957-1/ (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2025-November/023161.html (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1248278 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1250413 (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8851/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9900/ (opens in a new tab)