What is CVE-2025-61144?

CVE-2025-61144 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-02-23.

How severe is CVE-2025-61144?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libtiff

CVE-2025-61144

libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the readSeparateStripsIntoBuffer function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-02-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 16.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Libtiff

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/740 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/757 (Issue Tracking)
gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/88cf9dbb48f6e172629795ecffae35d5052f68aa (Patch)
gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/09f53a86cf26dfd961925227e59e180db617f26d (Patch)
gist.github.com/optionGo/5ad17e96a0a40f03578dd6c9f8645952 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-61144?: CVE-2025-61144 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-02-23.
How severe is CVE-2025-61144?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.