Low 2.5Published Aug 4, 2025

CVE-2025-8534libtiff tiff2ps tiff2ps.c PS_Lvl2page null pointer dereference

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

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in libtiff 4.6.0. This vulnerability affects the function PS_Lvl2page of the file tools/tiff2ps.c of the component tiff2ps. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 6ba36f159fd396ad11bf6b7874554197736ecc8b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. One of the maintainers explains, that "[t]his error only occurs if DEFER_STRILE_LOAD (defer-strile-load:BOOL=ON) or TIFFOpen( .. "rD") option is used."

CVSS: 2.5 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476, CWE-404
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: Aug 5, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libtiff libtiff libtiff:libtiff	4.6.0	NVD

References

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.318664	vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318664	signature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.617831	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/718	issue-tracking, exploit, vendor-advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/746	patch, product
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15JPA3kLYiYD-nRNJ8y8HmnYjhv9NE7k6/view?usp=drive_link	exploit
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/6ba36f159fd396ad11bf6b7874554197736ecc8b	patch
http://www.libtiff.org/	product

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