CVE-2025-8851: libtiff
CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:3989-1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8851DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8851CGA-44vc-v5cg-24xgCGA-rqp5-xchg-wvvfopenSUSE-SU-2025:15682-1
Published 11-08-2025Last modified 12-08-2025
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-8851 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 7Timeline
- 11-08-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 12-08-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability was determined in LibTIFF up to 4.5.1. Affected by this issue is the function readSeparateStripsetoBuffer of the file tools/tiffcrop.c of the component tiffcrop. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The patch is identified as 8a7a48d7a645992ca83062b3a1873c951661e2b3. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
CVSS metrics
12 scores · 6 sources · 4 versionsMedium 4.8Preferred score · CVE.org (CNA)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:XSourcesAll 6 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- NVDNIST4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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
Medium 5.3Preferred score · CVE.org (CNA)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:CSourcesAll 3 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- NVDNIST5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Medium 5.3Preferred score · CVE.org (CNA)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:CSourcesSingle source
Medium 4.3Preferred score · CVE.org (CNA)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:CSourcesAll 2 agree
- NVDNIST4.3MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS trend
Probability
0.19%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
8%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.18% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score0.19%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
- CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowA stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
Affected systems
Ubuntu5 products
- gdalAll versions (No fix recorded)
- neuronAll versions (No fix recorded)
- qtwebengine-opensource-srcAll versions (No fix recorded)
- texmakerAll versions (No fix recorded)
- tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm18 | < 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm8 | < 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.14+esm1 | < 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.11 | < 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.3
Chainguard1 product
- tiff< 4.7.0-r6
Debian1 product
- tiffAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.7.0-1
Libtiff1 product
- libtiff≤ 4.5.1
Opensuse1 product
- tiff&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.7.1-3.1
Suse1 product
- tiff&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5< 4.0.9-44.106.1
Wolfi1 product
- tiff< 4.7.0-r6
7 vendors · 11 products
