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Use After Free

CVE-2025-8176

Low
1.9/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF versions prior to 4.7.1. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function "get_histogram()" of the file "tools/tiffmedian.c". The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published