CVE-2024-13978CWE-404CWE-476

LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init null pointer dereference

Low · published August 1, 2025

CVSS v4.0
2.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
2.0 · LOW
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
EPSS
0.00211 · 10.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release; CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2025-08-01T21:32Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 AUG 21:32Z
    LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init null pointer dereference
    cvelistv5