4.8
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2025-9165
LibTIFF Memory Leak Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 19, 2025, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 20, 2025, 2:40 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

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Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-9165 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
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 LOW [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 LOW [email protected]
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-9165 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 19, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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:N/I:N/A:L
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CWE CWE-404
    Added CWE CWE-401
    Added Reference http://www.libtiff.org/
    Added Reference https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FWhmkzksH8-qU0ZM6seBzGNB3aPnX3G8/view?usp=sharing
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/ed141286a37f6e5ddafb5069347ff5d587e7a4e0
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/728
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/747
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320543
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.320543
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.630506
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.630507
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
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Privileges Required
User Interaction
VS Confidentiality
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SS Confidentiality
SS Integrity
SS Availability
Base CVSS Score: 3.3
Attack Vector
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Privileges Required
User Interaction
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Base CVSS Score: 1.7
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
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