USN-3925-1

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    USN-3925-1

    Published: 28 Mar 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: freeimage vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the XMP image handling functionality of the FreeImage library. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could overwrite arbitrary memory, resulting in code execution.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3925-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/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