CVE-2024-13978 LibTIFF fax2ps tiff2pdf.c t2p_read_tiff_init 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 t2preadtiffinit of the file tools/tiff2pdf.c of the component fax2ps. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally...