Buffer overflow in Libtiff
CVE-2025-8177
A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function setrow of the file tools/thumbnail.c. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The patch is named e8c9d6c616b19438695fd829e58ae4fde5bfbc22. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (19.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.1% 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
- Libtiff — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- vuldb.com/ (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
- vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/715 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/737 (Product, patch)
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/e8c9d6c616b19438695fd829e58ae4fde5bfbc22 (Patch, patch)
- www.libtiff.org/ (Product, product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-8177?
- CVE-2025-8177 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-07-26.
- How severe is CVE-2025-8177?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.