VDB
CVE-2016-5684
CVE-2016-5684
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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.
EPSS 1.81% · 78.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.81%
78.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | freeimage | 3.17.0+ds1-2, *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | freeimage | 0, 3.15.1-2build1, 3.15.4-2 |
Timeline
- Jan 6, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 22, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 5, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5684 third-party-advisory
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0189/ third-party-advisory
- http://freeimage.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeimage/FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginXPM.cpp?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 third-party-advisory
- http://freeimage.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeimage/FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginXPM.cpp?r1=1.18&r2=1.19 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3925-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5684 third-party-advisory