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Medium USN-7707-1 4 CVEs

tiff vulnerabilities

Published Aug 20, 2025 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain memory
operations when using tiffmedian tool. An attacker could trick a user into
processing a specially crafted tiff image file and potentially use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-8176)

It was discovered that LibTIFF did not properly perform bounds checking
in certain operations when using thumbnail tool. An attacker could trick
a user into processing a specially crafted tiff image file and
potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-8177)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain memory
operations when using tiff2ps tool. An attacker could trick a user into
processing a specially crafted tiff image file and potentially use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-8534)

It was discovered that LibTIFF did not properly perform bounds checking
in certain operations when using tiffcrop tool. An attacker could trick
a user into processing a specially crafted tiff image file and
potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-8851)

Fixed packages 6

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS tiff 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.11
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS tiff 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS tiff 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS tiff 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm18
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS tiff 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm8
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS tiff 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.14+esm1

Vulnerabilities 4

  • Medium 5.3

    LibTIFF tiffmedian.c get_histogram use after free

    A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function get_histogram of the file tools/tiffmedian.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack needs to be approached locally. The …

  • Medium 5.3

    LibTIFF thumbnail.c setrow buffer overflow

    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 e8c9d6…

  • Medium 5.3

    LibTIFF tiffcrop tiffcrop.c readSeparateStripsetoBuffer stack-based overflow

    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 t…

  • Low 2.5

    libtiff tiff2ps tiff2ps.c PS_Lvl2page null pointer dereference

    A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in libtiff 4.6.0. This vulnerability affects the function PS_Lvl2page of the file tools/tiff2ps.c of the component tiff2ps. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to launch the at…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8176
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8177
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8534
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8851