CVE-2024-13978

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 11.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

2.0 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS 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/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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-08-01 21:32Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-03 18:08Z12 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-07-30

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 2.0)

CNA CVSS 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

Weaknesses

• CWE-404Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseClass
• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

83d96f27bdf428903560e37459f8fae604e8f08430f4af410f92e6aa291f474c

• vuldb.comVDB-318355 | LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init null pointer dereferencehttps://vuldb.com/?id.318355vdb-entrytechnical-description
• vuldb.comVDB-318355 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318355signaturepermissions-required
• vuldb.comSubmit #624562 | LibTIFF v4.7.0 NULL Pointer Dereferencehttps://vuldb.com/?submit.624562third-party-advisory
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/649issue-tracking
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/667patch
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4patch
• www.libtiff.orghttp://www.libtiff.org/product
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00031.html