CVE-2025-8176

low-risk
Published 2025-07-26

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 exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as fe10872e53efba9cc36c66ac4ab3b41a839d5172. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Do I need to act?

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0.02% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.3/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Libtiff

References (7)

Product http://www.libtiff.org/
Patch https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/fe10872e53efba9cc36c66ac4ab3b41a839d...
Exploit https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/707
Product https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/727
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317590
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.317590
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?submit.621796
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal