CVE-2025-8176
Published: July 29, 2025Last modified: August 6, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function get_histogram of the file tools/tiffmedian.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as fe10872e53efba9cc36c66ac4ab3b41a839d5172. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.3 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | LOW |
| Integrity impact | LOW |
| Availability impact | LOW |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Notes
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | tiff | Vulnerable (4.4.0-r1) |
| 25 LTS | tiff | Vulnerable (4.7.0-r0) | |
| Stream | tiff | Vulnerable (4.4.0-r1) |
References
- http://www.libtiff.org/
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/fe10872e53efba9cc36c66ac4ab3b41a839d5172
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/707
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/727
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317590
- https://vuldb.com/?id.317590
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.621796