Bug 2386450 (CVE-2025-8534) - CVE-2025-8534 libtiff: Libtiff Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2025-8534 libtiff: Libtiff Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-8534
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2386494
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-08-05 00:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-08-05 19:27 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-05 00:01:10 UTC 
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."
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