CVE-2025-8534

Publication date 5 August 2025

Last updated 26 October 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

2.5 · Low

Score breakdown

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."

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 26.10 stonking
Fixed in 4.7.0-3ubuntu2
26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed in 4.7.0-3ubuntu2
25.10 questing
Fixed in 4.7.0-3ubuntu2
25.04 plucky
Fixed in 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu4.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed in 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.3
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed in 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.11
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.14+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm8
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed in 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm18
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed in 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm15
qtwebengine-opensource-src 26.10 stonking
Needs evaluation
26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
25.04 plucky Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
texmaker 26.10 stonking
Needs evaluation
26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
25.04 plucky Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
gdal 26.10 stonking
Not affected
26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
neuron 26.10 stonking
Not affected
26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation

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Notes

sbeattie

texmaker added an embedded copy of libtiff in bionic

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 1.1 · 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

Base score 2.5 · Low

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7707-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 20 August 2025

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