UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux

GDAL vulnerability

USN-8345-1 Published May 28, 2026

CVE-2025-9900

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified

Summary

It was discovered that the vendored LibTIFF in GDAL incorrectly handled memory when parsing malformed TIFF image metadata. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. Affected Ubuntu releases: 16.04, 14.04. CVEs: CVE-2025-9900.

Affected versions

Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source

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