Out-of-Bounds Affecting libtiff package, versions <0:4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.21


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBTIFF-12562020
  • published9 Sept 2025
  • disclosed11 Aug 2025

Introduced: 11 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-8851  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libtiff to version 0:4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.21 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1164.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff package and not the libtiff package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1