UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Texmaker vulnerabilities
USN-8346-1 Published May 28, 2026
CVE-2025-9900
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
It was discovered that the vendored LibTIFF in Texmaker 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: 24.04, 22.04, 20.04, 18.04. CVEs: CVE-2025-9900.
Affected versions
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 18.04
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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