Published Aug 12, 2024Sources checked Nov 11, 2026
7.5HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2024-7006 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
What to do next
Remediation and response
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Vendor revision: Aug 12, 2026
CBL-Mariner Releases
Vendor-listed releases
4.6.0-3
4.6.0-4
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS1.5%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2024-7006?
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.