2.5
LOW CVSS 3.1
CVE-2024-13978
LibTIFF Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
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.

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Published Date :

Aug. 1, 2025, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 4, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

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Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-13978 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Libtiff libtiff
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 LOW [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 LOW [email protected]
CVSS 4.0 LOW [email protected]
Solution
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  • Update the affected libtiff package.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 04, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 01, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V4.0 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
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CWE CWE-404
    Added Reference http://www.libtiff.org/
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318355
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.318355
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.624562
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Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 2
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Base CVSS Score: 2.5
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Base CVSS Score: 1
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