SB2025081359 - Fedora 42 update for libtiff

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SB2025081359 - Fedora 42 update for libtiff

Published: August 13, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025081359
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8534)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the PS_Lvl2page() function in tools/tiff2ps.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-13978)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the t2p_read_tiff_init() function in tools/tiff2pdf.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References