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🛡️ CVE-2026-12912 on Debian 12 (Root.io) — rootio-tiff

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

CVE-2026-12912 in rootio-tiff - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-12912 in the rootio-tiff package for Root:Debian:12. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-12912 as tracked by Debian 12 (Root.io), for the package rootio-tiff. The fix is available in version 4.5.0-6+deb12u4.root.io.19; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-12912 is classified as CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow. A write past the end of a heap allocation corrupts allocator metadata or neighbouring objects.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-12912 is recorded against 1 package.

  • rootio-tiff (fixed in 4.5.0-6+deb12u4.root.io.19)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

rootio-tiff has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-29
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-29
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
rootio-tiff — 4.5.0-6+deb12u4.root.io.19

References

N/A

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