CVE-2025-9165

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 11.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

1.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-08-19 20:02Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-01 15:25Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-08-19

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 2.0)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant
• CWE-404Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseClass
• CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

054769ca79086d9b9c52d25559a720dee1cf6ad9e738fe31a055e9cad3351548

• vuldb.comVDB-320543 | LibTIFF tiffcmp tiffcmp.c InitCCITTFax3 memory leakhttps://vuldb.com/?id.320543vdb-entrytechnical-description
• vuldb.comVDB-320543 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320543signaturepermissions-required
• vuldb.comSubmit #630506 | libtiff tiffcmp 4.7.0+ (latest master branch) Memory Leakhttps://vuldb.com/?submit.630506third-party-advisory
• vuldb.comSubmit #630507 | libtiff tiffcmp 4.7.0+ (latest master branch) Memory Leak (Duplicate)https://vuldb.com/?submit.630507third-party-advisory
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/728issue-tracking
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/747patch
• drive.google.comhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1FWhmkzksH8-qU0ZM6seBzGNB3aPnX3G8/view?usp=sharingexploit
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/ed141286a37f6e5ddafb5069347ff5d587e7a4e0patch
• www.libtiff.orghttp://www.libtiff.org/product
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/728#note_2709263214