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CVE-2025-8851

5.3 · MEDIUM

A vulnerability was determined in LibTIFF up to 4.5.1.

Published Aug 11, 2025CWE-119EPSS 0.19%

Overview

CVE-2025-8851 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 11, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

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 to approach this attack. The patch is identified as 8a7a48d7a645992ca83062b3a1873c951661e2b3. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refwww.libtiff.org/Refgitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/8a7a48d7a645992ca83062b3a1873c951661e2b3Refvuldb.com/?ctiid.319382Refvuldb.com/?id.319382Refvuldb.com/?submit.624604Refvuldb.com/?submit.624604

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8851?

CVE-2025-8851 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 11, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-8851?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-8851?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-8851?

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