#VU114424 Memory leak in LibTIFF - CVE-2025-9165
Published: August 26, 2025 / Updated: September 25, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114424
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-9165
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the _TIFFmallocExt/_TIFFCheckRealloc/TIFFHashSetNew/InitCCITTFax3() function in tools/tiffcmp.c . A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FWhmkzksH8-qU0ZM6seBzGNB3aPnX3G8/view?usp=sharing
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/ed141286a37f6e5ddafb5069347ff5d587e7a4e0
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/728
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/747
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320543
- https://vuldb.com/?id.320543
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.630506
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.630507