[UPDATE] [medium] libTIFF: Vulnerability allows denial of service
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in libTIFF to carry out a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows a local attacker to carry out a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- Local deployments of libTIFF.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for service disruption.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of libTIFF.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-1756
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-88510.18% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 7% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-8851 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for libTIFF
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- unknownCVE-2026-52491: An issue in libtiff 85f2ac8e0b01cb7db2bbecf4a3b891bdbef67938 allows an attacker to execute arb…nvd · 2026-08-25
- medium[NEW] [medium] libTIFF: Multiple Vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-25
- unknownCVE-2026-52492: An integer overflow in the libtiff rgb2ycbcr utility's cvtRaster() function when computing str…nvd · 2026-08-24
- criticalCVE-2026-52490: An issue in libtiff 85f2ac8e0b01cb7db2bbecf4a3b891bdbef67938 allows an attacker to execute arb…nvd · 2026-08-24
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] libTIFF: Vulnerability allows code execution and Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-08-24
- unknownCVE-2026-70651: libvips is a fast image processing library with low memory needs. Prior to version 8.18.3, lib…nvd · 2026-08-20
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