CVE-2025-9900

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
0 < 4.7.1affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 100:4.6.0-6.el10_0.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 100:4.6.0-6.el10_1.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support0:3.9.4-12.el7_9.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support0:4.0.3-35.el7_9.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:3.9.4-14.el8_10 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.0.9-35.el8_10 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.0.9-3.el8_10 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support0:3.9.4-13.el8_2.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support0:4.0.9-17.el8_2.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support0:8.10-3.el8_2.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support0:3.9.4-13.el8_4.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support0:4.0.9-18.el8_4.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support0:8.10-3.el8_4.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On0:3.9.4-13.el8_4.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On0:4.0.9-18.el8_4.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On0:8.10-3.el8_4.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support0:3.9.4-13.el8_6.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support0:4.0.9-21.el8_6.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support0:8.10-3.el8_6.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service0:3.9.4-13.el8_6.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service0:4.0.9-21.el8_6.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service0:8.10-3.el8_6.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:3.9.4-13.el8_6.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:4.0.9-21.el8_6.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:8.10-3.el8_6.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service0:3.9.4-13.el8_8.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service0:4.0.9-29.el8_8.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service0:8.10-3.el8_8.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:3.9.4-13.el8_8.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:4.0.9-29.el8_8.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:8.10-3.el8_8.1 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:4.4.0-13.el9_6.2 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:4.4.0-15.el9_7.2 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:4.2.0-3.el9_0.2 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions0:4.4.0-8.el9_2.4 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support0:4.4.0-12.el9_4.4 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat AI Inference Server 3.23.2.2-1765379088 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat AI Inference Server 3.23.2.2-1765379049 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat AI Inference Server 3.23.2.2-1764871796 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat AI Inference Server 3.21772160593 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat AI Inference Server 3.21772160625 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Discovery 22.4.0-1763656152 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Hardened Images4.7.1-2.1.hum1 < *unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-123: Write-what-where Condition

Workarounds

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

CVE Program Container

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