CVE-2025-29769 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-29769: libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library. The heifsave operation could incorrectly determine the presence of an alpha channel in an input when it was not possible to determine the colour interpretation, known internally within libvips as "multiband". There aren't m

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-29769 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

vips→ fixed in8.10.5-2+deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y vips
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

vips→ fixed in8.14.1-3+deb12u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y vips
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

vips→ fixed in8.16.1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y vips
```

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