Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.7-6
Threat Intelligence
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- published20 Jul 2026
- disclosed9 Apr 2017
Introduced: 9 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-7594 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest tiff to version 4.0.7-6 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.
The OJPEGReadHeaderInfoSecTablesDcTable function in tif_ojpeg.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted image.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2017-7594
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7594
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2659
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97503
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/