Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting tiff package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-TIFF-11487743
  • published6 Aug 2025
  • disclosed5 Aug 2025

Introduced: 5 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-8534  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-404  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 tiff.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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."

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1