5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2025-8176
LibTIFF Use After Free Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 26, 2025, 4:16 a.m.

Last Modified :

July 29, 2025, 2:14 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.4

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-8176 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Libtiff libtiff
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-8176.

URL Resource
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

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 26, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added Reference http://www.libtiff.org/
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/fe10872e53efba9cc36c66ac4ab3b41a839d5172
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/707
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/727
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317590
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.317590
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.621796
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-8176 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation
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