CVE-2024-13978 LOW

CVE-2024-13978: LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init null pointer dereference

Vendor N/A
Product LibTIFF
Weakness CWE-476
Published August 1, 2025
Last update November 3, 2025

CVSS base score

2.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 1, 2025 CVE published
November 3, 2025 Record updated