Low severity · published Aug 1, 2025
CVE-2024-13978
LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init null pointer dereference
2.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
LibTIFF ·
4.0; 4.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.4; 4.5; +2 more · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13978
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13978
Product
http://www.libtiff.org/
Patch
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649
Product
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667
Permissions Required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318355
Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.318355
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