CVE-2024-13978

low-risk
Published 2025-08-01

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.04% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 2.5/10 Low
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Libtiff

References (9)

Product http://www.libtiff.org/
Patch https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c597...
Exploit https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649
Product https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318355
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.318355
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?submit.624562
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00031.html
Exploit https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649
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low-risk
Severity 6/34 · Minimal
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal