Bug 2389574 (CVE-2025-9165)

Summary: CVE-2025-9165 libtiff: LibTIFF memory leak
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A memory leak flaw was found in LibTIFF. This vulnerability affects the _TIFFmallocExt/_TIFFCheckRealloc/TIFFHashSetNew/InitCCITTFax3 function in the file tools/tiffcmp.c of the tiffcmp component. Executing manipulation can lead to a memory leak. The attack is restricted to local execution.
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Bug Depends On: 2389602, 2389603, 2389605, 2389606, 2389607, 2389609, 2389610, 2389604, 2389608    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-19 21:01:22 UTC
A flaw has been found in LibTIFF 4.7.0. This affects the function _TIFFmallocExt/_TIFFCheckRealloc/TIFFHashSetNew/InitCCITTFax3 of the file tools/tiffcmp.c of the component tiffcmp. Executing manipulation can lead to memory leak. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called ed141286a37f6e5ddafb5069347ff5d587e7a4e0. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.