CVE-2016-5684

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jan 6, 2017
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Jun 16, 2016

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
FreeImageFreeImage	3.17.0Affected

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0189/
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
93287vdb-entry
GLSA-201701-68vendor-advisory
USN-3925-1vendor-advisory

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