RHSA-2026:14929 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: mingw-libtiff security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · May 8, 2026
Updated · October 9, 2026
Topic
An update for mingw-libtiff is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The libtiff package contains a library of functions for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files. TIFF is a widely used file format for bitmapped images. TIFF files usually end in the .tif extension and they are often quite large. The libtiff package should be installed if you need to manipulate TIFF format image files.
Security Fix(es):
- libtiff: libtiff: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via signed integer overflow in TIFF file processing (CVE-2026-4775)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.