LibTIFF TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented write-what-where condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented. Performing a manipulation results in write-what-where condition. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-9900. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in LibTIFF (unknown version). This affects the function TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a write-what-where condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-123. Any condition where the attacker has the ability to write an arbitrary value to an arbitrary location, often as the result of a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in Libtiff. This vulnerability is a "write-what-where" condition, triggered when the library processes a specially crafted TIFF image file. By providing an abnormally large image height value in the file's metadata, an attacker can trick the library into writing attacker-controlled color data to an arbitrary memory location. This memory corruption can be exploited to cause a denial of service (application crash) or to achieve arbitrary code execution with the permissions of the user.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-9900. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/05/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 265888 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-9900), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202509-3630), Tenable (265888), EUVD (EUVD-2025-30917) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2110). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Open Source libTIFF
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • IGEL OS

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Class: Write-what-where condition
CWE: CWE-123 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 265888
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-9900

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/22/2025 Advisory disclosed
09/22/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/05/2025 +44 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-9900 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-9900
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-325575
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2110 - LibTiff: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung
CNNVD: CNNVD-202509-3630 - LibTIFF 安全漏洞

Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2025 22:08
Updated: 11/05/2025 16:37
Changes: 09/22/2025 22:08 (48), 09/23/2025 18:50 (6), 09/24/2025 08:32 (1), 09/28/2025 17:19 (2), 09/30/2025 21:20 (7), 10/09/2025 14:30 (12), 10/14/2025 17:50 (1), 11/03/2025 12:16 (1), 11/05/2025 16:37 (1)
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