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.
CVE-2025-8961
Score 3.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-08-14. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 3.3
- EG Score
- 3.3LOWmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 31EG 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 computedSeverity33% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability0% × 15% - EPSS PROB
- 0.2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 9th
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 14, 2025
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (7)
- cna@vuldbhttp://www.libtiff.org/
- cna@vuldbhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/15L4q2eD8GX3Aj3z6SWC3_FbqaM1ChUx2/view?usp=sharing
- cna@vuldbhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/721
- cna@vuldbhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/721#note_2670686960
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319955
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?id.319955
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?submit.627957
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 / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libtiffxx5 (4.3.0-6ubuntu0.12) @ jammy | 2026-05-21 | ubuntu |
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)
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
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Debian:11(1)
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| tiff | 4.2.0-1 ... 4.7.2-1 (51 versions) |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tiff | 4.5.0-6 ... 4.7.2-1 (23 versions) |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tiff | 4.7.0-3 |
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Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tiff | 4.7.0-3, 4.7.0-4 |
| — |
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
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