CVE-2024-13978
LOW EPSS 7.6%
Published Aug 1, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
2.0 CVSS 4.0
Published Aug 1, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago
Description
A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function t2p_read_tiff_init of the file tools/tiff2pdf.c of the component fax2ps. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The patch is named 2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
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:X/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 Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
7.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available
Weaknesses 2
CWE-404
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety
Affected Products 1
| Vendor | Product | Version | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff | * | ≤4.7.0 |
References 8
- libtiff.org http://www.libtiff.org/
- gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4
- gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649
- gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667
- lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00031.html
- vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318355
- vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?id.318355
- vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?submit.624562
Remediation
- gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4