UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5684

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5684

    Published: 6 Jan 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-5684
    Aliases:
    USN-3925-1

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5684, http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0189/, 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freeimage

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    3.15.1-2build1
    3.15.1-2build2
    3.15.4-2
    3.15.4-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High