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

EPSS: 0.003 (16.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Libtiff
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (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.