CVE-2024-13978

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

2.0
Low

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Libtiff
  • Libtiff
  • 4.7.0, *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-404
Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a libtiff libtiff 4.7.0 / / / / / / /
a libtiff libtiff / / / / / / / /

References

http://www.libtiff.org/
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318355
https://vuldb.com/?id.318355
https://vuldb.com/?submit.624562

Tags

cna@vuldb.com
CWE-404
2025-08-01
CVE-2024-13978

CVSS Score

2.0 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: LOW
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • 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

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 1, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 1, 2025, 10:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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