Vulnerability · Published Feb 23, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-61144
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity memory corruption in the tiff package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the readSeparateStripsIntoBuffer function.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | tiff | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Debian:13 | tiff | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Debian:14 | tiff | 4.7.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | neuron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | qtwebengine-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | qtwebengine-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | texmaker | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | tiff | 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.13 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | tiff | 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.5 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | tiff | 4.7.0-3ubuntu3.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | tiff | 4.7.0-3ubuntu5 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61144 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | tiff | 4.7.0-3ubuntu5 | USN-8113-2 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | tiff | 4.7.0-3ubuntu4 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61144 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/740
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/757
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/88cf9dbb48f6e172629795ecffae35d5052f68aa
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/09f53a86cf26dfd961925227e59e180db617f26d
- https://gist.github.com/optionGo/5ad17e96a0a40f03578dd6c9f8645952