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CVE-2024-13978

2.5 · LOW

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0.

Published Aug 1, 2025CWE-404EPSS 0.20%

Overview

CVE-2024-13978 is a low-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 1, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 2.5 (LOW).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 2.5, rated LOW. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical 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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refwww.libtiff.org/Refgitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4Refgitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649Refgitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667Refvuldb.com/?ctiid.318355Refvuldb.com/?id.318355Refvuldb.com/?submit.624562Reflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00031.htmlRefgitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-13978?

CVE-2024-13978 is a low-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 1, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 2.5 (LOW).

How severe is CVE-2024-13978?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 2.5, rated LOW. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-13978?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2024-13978?

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