CVE-2024-13978
LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init null pointer dereference
LOW 2.0
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 11 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- VulDB
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://vuldb.com/?id.318355
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318355
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.624562
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4
- http://www.libtiff.org/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00031.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | LOW 2.0 | 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 | VulDB |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 2.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| CVSS 3.0 | LOW 2.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| CVSS 2.0 | LOW 1.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C | VulDB |
| CVSS 4.0 | LOW 2.0 | 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 | NVD · cna@vuldb.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 2.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | NVD · cna@vuldb.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | LOW 1.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · cna@vuldb.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-54843
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-13978
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 4.7.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| LibTIFF | affected 4.0 ; affected 4.1 ; affected 4.2 ; affected 4.3 ; affected 4.4 ; affected 4.5 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |