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Echo: tiff: security update to 4.7.0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 464206

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a heap-based use-after-free in the t2p_writeproc function in tiff2pdf.c. NOTE:
 there is a third-party report of inability to reproduce this issue (CVE-2017-17973)

Solution

Update the tiff library and its related packages to version 4.7.0 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2017-17973

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 464206

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17973

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17973