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CVE-2025-8176VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: libtiff security update

Affects Red Hat libtiffSource GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Authoritative record:CVE-2025-8176· Medium 4.8

Public exploit available · CVSS 4.8 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 18% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitHublibtiff/libtiffpkg:github/libtiff/libtiffOther threatsAffected
  • 4.0 – 4.7.0
8 affected builds
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated libtiff packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:21407. Detailed instructions and updated packages are available from Red Hat's official errata page. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the libtiff library used for manipulating TIFF files in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. These include a use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2025-8176), a buffer overflow (CVE-2025-8177), and a write-what-where condition (CVE-2025-9900). Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these issues. The vulnerabilities are rated with a high security impact. The advisory provides updated libtiff packages to remediate these flaws.

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