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CVE-2024-13978

LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init null pointer dereference

Published: Aug 1, 2025Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-404
NVD MITRE
2.5CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-404CWE-476

Affected Products

libtifflibtiffOSS Libraries
openSUSE TumbleweedNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Альт 8 СПАО «ИВК»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
libtiffoss-projectOSS Librariesaka libtiff project
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
ао «ивк»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ivk
and 10 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

http://www.libtiff.org/
libtiff.org
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4
gitlab.com
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649
gitlab.com
and 10 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 1, 2025
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2025

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