Low 2.5Published Aug 1, 2025

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

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 1:40 AM ET)

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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: 2.5 LOW (v3.1, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476, CWE-404
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Nov 3, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libtiff libtiff libtiff:libtiff	through 4.7.0	NVD

References

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.318355	vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318355	signature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.624562	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649	issue-tracking, exploit, vendor-advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667	patch, product
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4	patch
http://www.libtiff.org/	product
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00031.html

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