#VU113647 NULL pointer dereference in LibTIFF - CVE-2025-8534
Published: August 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113647
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8534
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Software vendor:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Description
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/15JPA3kLYiYD-nRNJ8y8HmnYjhv9NE7k6/view?usp=drive_link
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/6ba36f159fd396ad11bf6b7874554197736ecc8b
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/718
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/746
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318664
- https://vuldb.com/?id.318664
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.617831