CVE-2016-5684
First published: Fri Jan 06 2017(Updated: )
An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the XMP image handling functionality of the FreeImage library. A specially crafted XMP file can cause an arbitrary memory overwrite resulting in code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious image to trigger this vulnerability.
Credit: cret@cert.org cret@cert.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Freeimage Project Freeimage | =3.17.0 | |
| ubuntu/freeimage | <3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1 | 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu/freeimage | <3.17.0+ | 3.17.0+ |
| ubuntu/freeimage | <3.17.0+ | 3.17.0+ |
| debian/freeimage | 3.18.0+ds2-6+deb11u1 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1 3.18.0+ds2-10 | |
| =3.17.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93287
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0189/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-68
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3925-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- http://freeimage.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeimage/FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginXPM.cpp?r1=1.17&r2=1.18
- http://freeimage.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeimage/FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginXPM.cpp?r1=1.18&r2=1.19
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3925-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5684
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5684
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-5684
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5684
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5684
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