CVE-2025-9165

Severity CVSS v4.0:

LOW

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

19/08/2025

Last modified:

01/10/2025

Description

A flaw has been found in LibTIFF 4.7.0. This affects the function _TIFFmallocExt/_TIFFCheckRealloc/TIFFHashSetNew/InitCCITTFax3 of the file tools/tiffcmp.c of the component tiffcmp. Executing manipulation can lead to memory leak. The attack is restricted to local execution. This attack is characterized by high complexity. It is indicated that the exploitability is difficult. The exploit has been published and may be used. There is ongoing doubt regarding the real existence of this vulnerability. This patch is called ed141286a37f6e5ddafb5069347ff5d587e7a4e0. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. A researcher disputes the security impact of this issue, because "this is a memory leak on a command line tool that is about to exit anyway". In the reply the project maintainer declares this issue as "a simple &#39;bug&#39; when leaving the command line tool and (...) not a security issue at all".

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.00 LOW
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Exploit Maturity (E): POC

Base Score 4.0

2.00

Severity 4.0

LOW

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.50 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

2.50

Severity 3.x

LOW

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.00 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical