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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-8851 · published 11 August 2025

CVE-2025-8851: Libtiff memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Libtiff · Libtiff

A vulnerability was determined in LibTIFF up to 4.5.1. Affected by this issue is the function readSeparateStripsetoBuffer of the file tools/tiffcrop.c of the component tiffcrop. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The patch is identified as 8a7a48d7a645992ca83062b3a1873c951661e2b3. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

4.8 CVSS 4.0 Medium EPSS 0.18% · top 93.3% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflowCWE-121 · Stack-based buffer overflow
4.8CVSS 4.0 base score, v2 4.3
0.18%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A vulnerability was determined in LibTIFF up to 4.5.1. Affected by this issue is the function readSeparateStripsetoBuffer of the file tools/tiffcrop.c of the component tiffcrop. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The patch is identified as 8a7a48d7a645992ca83062b3a1873c951661e2b3. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.libtiff.org/ Product
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/8a7a48d7a645992ca83062b3a1873c951661e2b3 Patch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319382 Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.319382 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.624604 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.624604 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-8851), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.