ubuntu-cve-2016-5684
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-01-06 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libfreeimage3",
            "binary_version": "3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "freeimage",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeimage@3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "3.15.1-2build2",
        "3.15.4-2",
        "3.15.4-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libfreeimage3",
            "binary_version": "3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeimage@3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "3.15.4-6",
        "3.17.0+ds1-1.1",
        "3.17.0+ds1-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5684",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:00Z",
  "published": "2017-01-06T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5684"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0189/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://freeimage.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeimage/FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginXPM.cpp?r1=1.17\u0026r2=1.18"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://freeimage.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeimage/FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginXPM.cpp?r1=1.18\u0026r2=1.19"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3925-1"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5684"
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-5684"
  ]
}



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