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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-8534 Detail

Description

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."


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 2.0 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.libtiff.org/ VulDB Product 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15JPA3kLYiYD-nRNJ8y8HmnYjhv9NE7k6/view?usp=drive_link VulDB Exploit 
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/6ba36f159fd396ad11bf6b7874554197736ecc8b VulDB Patch 
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/718 CISA-ADP, VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/746 VulDB Product 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318664 VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?id.318664 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.617831 CISA-ADP, VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference VulDB  
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-8534
NVD Published Date:
08/04/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/11/2025
Source:
VulDB