CVE-2025-8961

LOWPre-NVD 3.33.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 3.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-08-14. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Elevated
3.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 3.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

A weakness has been identified in LibTIFF 4.7.0. This affects the function main of the file tiffcrop.c of the component tiffcrop. Executing manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.

CVSS v3
3.3
EG Score
3.3LOWmedium confidence
EG Risk
31
EG Risk 31/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity33% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
9th
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 14, 2025

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-8961(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibtiffxx5 (4.3.0-6ubuntu0.12) @ jammy2026-05-21ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(8 across 8 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tiff—
  • every version up to 4.7.1-r0: fixed in 4.7.1-r0
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tiff—
  • every version up to 4.7.1-r0: fixed in 4.7.1-r0
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tiff—
  • every version up to 4.7.1-r0: fixed in 4.7.1-r0
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tiff—
  • every version up to 4.7.1-r0: fixed in 4.7.1-r0
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tiff4.2.0-1 ... 4.7.2-1 (51 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tiff4.5.0-6 ... 4.7.2-1 (23 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tiff4.7.0-3
  • every version up to 4.7.0-3+deb13u1: fixed in 4.7.0-3+deb13u1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tiff4.7.0-3, 4.7.0-4
  • every version up to 4.7.0-5: fixed in 4.7.0-5
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-8961?
CVE-2025-8961 is a low vulnerability published on August 14, 2025. A weakness has been identified in LibTIFF 4.7.0. This affects the function main of the file tiffcrop.c of the component tiffcrop. Executing manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.
When was CVE-2025-8961 disclosed?
CVE-2025-8961 was first published on August 14, 2025, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-8961 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-8961 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (9th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-8961?
CVE-2025-8961 has a CVSS base score of 3.3 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-8961?
A fix for CVE-2025-8961 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2025-8961 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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