CVE-2025-8851

LibTIFF tiffcrop tiffcrop.c readSeparateStripsetoBuffer stack-based overflow

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 11, 2025 at 01:32 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibTIFF

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 4.5.14.5.04.5.1
Affected range stops below 2024-08-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMVulDB
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-121

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