# CVE-2025-8851: LibTIFF tiffcrop tiffcrop.c readSeparateStripsetoBuffer stack-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2025-08-11 · Updated: 2025-08-12

## Affected

- n/a LibTIFF: 4.5.0, 4.5.1

## Description

A vulnerability was determined in LibTIFF up to 4.5.1. Affected by this issue is the function readSeparateStripsetoBuffer of the file tools/tiffcrop.c of the component tiffcrop. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The patch is identified as 8a7a48d7a645992ca83062b3a1873c951661e2b3. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a LibTIFF, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.319382
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319382
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.624604
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/8a7a48d7a645992ca83062b3a1873c951661e2b3
- http://www.libtiff.org/

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