Medium 5.3Published Jul 25, 2025

CVE-2025-8176LibTIFF tiffmedian.c get_histogram use after free

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 12:23 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416, CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 28, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libtiff libtiff libtiff:libtiff	through 4.7.0	NVD

References

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.317590	vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317590	signature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.621796	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/707	exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/727	patch, product
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/fe10872e53efba9cc36c66ac4ab3b41a839d5172	patch
http://www.libtiff.org/	product

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