CVE-2024-7006
Libtiff: null pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A null pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff via `tif_dirinfo.c`. This issue may allow an attacker to trigger memory allocation failures through certain means, such as restricting the heap space size or injecting faults, causing a segmentation fault. This can cause an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
libtiff
- unaffected 4.4.0
- unaffected 4.0.9
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 0:4.0.9-33.el8_10 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:4.4.0-12.el9_4.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 0:4.4.0-8.el9_2.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unknown
What to do
Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
References (7)
- RHSA-2024:6360 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:8833 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:8914 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2302996 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240920-0001/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-7006)Record last updated .