libtiff tiff2ps tiff2ps.c PS_Lvl2page null pointer dereference_CVE-2025-8534

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LOW

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Description

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."

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-8534

Source VulDB

Published Aug 4, 2025 at 23:32

Modified Aug 5, 2025 at 15:26

Affected Product

Vendor n/a

Product libtiff

Version 4.6.0

Affected Versions n/a libtiff 4.6.0

CWE Classification

CWE-476 CWE-404

References

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