Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.7-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.27% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-TIFF-18022431
  • published20 Jul 2026
  • disclosed23 Jan 2017

Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5563  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest tiff to version 4.0.7-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted bmp image to tools/bmp2tiff.