A flaw has been found in LibTIFF 4.7.0. This affects the function _TIFFmallocExt/_TIFFCheckRealloc/TIFFHashSetNew/InitCCITTFax3 of the file tools/tiffcmp.c of the component tiffcmp. Executing manipulation can lead to memory leak. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called ed141286a37f6e5ddafb5069347ff5d587e7a4e0. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
History

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Libtiff
Libtiff libtiff
Vendors & Products Libtiff
Libtiff libtiff

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw has been found in LibTIFF 4.7.0. This affects the function _TIFFmallocExt/_TIFFCheckRealloc/TIFFHashSetNew/InitCCITTFax3 of the file tools/tiffcmp.c of the component tiffcmp. Executing manipulation can lead to memory leak. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called ed141286a37f6e5ddafb5069347ff5d587e7a4e0. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
Title LibTIFF tiffcmp tiffcmp.c InitCCITTFax3 memory leak
Weaknesses CWE-401
CWE-404
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2025-08-19T20:02:13.694Z

Updated: 2025-08-19T20:31:44.305Z

Reserved: 2025-08-19T13:24:01.463Z

Link: CVE-2025-9165

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-19T20:31:40.032Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-19T20:15:37.557

Modified: 2025-08-20T14:40:17.713

Link: CVE-2025-9165

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-08-19T20:02:13Z

Links: CVE-2025-9165 - Bugzilla