SB2025080553 - Multiple vulnerabilities in LibTIFF



SB2025080553 - Multiple vulnerabilities in LibTIFF

Published: August 5, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025080553
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 50% Medium 25% Low 25%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8176)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the get_histogram() function in tools/tiffmedian.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-13978)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the t2p_read_tiff_init() function in tools/tiff2pdf.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8534)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the PS_Lvl2page() function in tools/tiff2ps.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8177)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the setrow() function in tools/thumbnail.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.