CVE-2024-13978: LibTIFF · CWE-404
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 2.0 Low.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:52 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (VulDB) | CVSS 4.0 | 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| CNA (VulDB) | CVSS 3.1 | 2.5 |
| CNA (VulDB) | CVSS 3.0 | 2.5 |
| CNA (VulDB) | CVSS 2.0 | 1.0 |
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:XExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 1 Aug 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
GitHublibtiff/libtiffpkg:github/libtiff/libtiffOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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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.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13978 (opens in a new tab)
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4 (opens in a new tab)
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649 (opens in a new tab)
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00031.html (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)
- libtiff.org (opens in a new tab)