CVE-2025-9165

Publication date 20 August 2025

Last updated 26 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3 · Low

Score breakdown

A flaw has been found in LibTIFF 4.7.0. This affects the function _TIFFmallocExt/_TIFFCheckRealloc/TIFFHashSetNew/InitCCITTFax3 of the file tools/tiffcmp.c of the component tiffcmp. Executing manipulation can lead to memory leak. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called ed141286a37f6e5ddafb5069347ff5d587e7a4e0. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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Why is this CVE low priority?

Only a memory leak in a command line tool

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 25.04 plucky
Needs evaluation
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
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
qtwebengine-opensource-src 25.04 plucky
Needs evaluation
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 25.04 plucky
Needs evaluation
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 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 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

Notes


sbeattie

texmaker added an embedded copy of libtiff in bionic


mdeslaur

This is a memory leak in a command line tool, setting priority to low

Patch details

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Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L