CVE-2024-13978
published 2025-08-01CVE-2024-13978: 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…
PriorityP46low2.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACHPRLUINSUCNINAL
EPSS
0.18%
7.6th percentile
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.
Affected
14 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | tiff | < tiff 4.2.0-1+deb11u7 (bullseye) | tiff 4.2.0-1+deb11u7 (bullseye) |
| libtiff | libtiff | <= 4.7.0 | — |
| libtiff | libtiff | — | — |
| libtiff | libtiff | — | — |
| libtiff | libtiff | — | — |
| libtiff | libtiff | — | — |
| libtiff | libtiff | — | — |
| libtiff | libtiff | — | — |
| libtiff | libtiff | — | — |
| libtiff | libtiff | — | — |
| msrc | azl3_libtiff_4.6.0-10_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| msrc | azl3_libtiff_4.6.0-8_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| msrc | cbl2_libtiff_4.6.0-8_on_cbl_mariner_2.0 | — | — |
| msrc | cbl2_libtiff_4.6.0-9_on_cbl_mariner_2.0 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.12.5LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
nvdv4.02.0LOWCVSS: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
nvdv2.01.0LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv2.0LOW
vendor_msrc2.5LOW
vendor_debian2.0LOW
vendor_redhat2.0LOW
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Microsoft
LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init null pointer dereference
vendor_msrc·2025-08-12·CVSS 2.5
CVE-2024-13978 [LOW] CWE-476 LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init null pointer dereference
LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init null pointer dereference
FAQ: Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?
One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.
Mariner: Mariner
VulDB: VulDB
Customer Action Required: Yes
Remediation: CBL-Mariner Releases
Reference:
Red Hat
libtiff: LibTIFF Null Pointer Dereference
vendor_redhat·2025-08-01·CVSS 2.0
CVE-2024-13978 [LOW] CWE-476 libtiff: LibTIFF Null Pointer Dereference
libtiff: LibTIFF Null Pointer Dereference
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.
A flaw was found in libtiff. The `t2p_read_tiff_init` function in the fax2ps component incorrectly handles TIFF files, leading to a null pointer dereference. A local attacker can trigger this condition by providing a specially crafted TIFF file. This ca
Debian
CVE-2024-13978: tiff - A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as proble...
vendor_debian·2024·CVSS 2.0
CVE-2024-13978 [LOW] CVE-2024-13978: tiff - A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as proble...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: open
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4.2.0-1+deb11u7)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.7.0-4)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.7.0-4)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.7.0-3+deb13u1)
GHSA
GHSA-p48p-6mxj-w7jx: A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-08-02
CVE-2024-13978 [LOW] CWE-404 GHSA-p48p-6mxj-w7jx: A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4
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.
OSV
CVE-2024-13978: A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4
osv·2025-08-01·CVSS 2.0
CVE-2024-13978 [LOW] CVE-2024-13978: A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://www.libtiff.org/https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318355https://vuldb.com/?id.318355https://vuldb.com/?submit.624562https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00031.htmlhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649
2025-08-01
Published