CVE-2016-5684
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-01-06 21:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-16
- Assigning CNA
- certcc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6d24ccd9a52c88adc416d922dd3a13e6a39df657a0f70908b86f01fe139d8040
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.talosintelligence.comhttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0189/
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- www.securityfocus.com93287http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93287
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-68https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-68
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3925-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3925-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- freeimage Fixed in 3.17.0+ds1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- freeimage Fixed in 3.17.0+ds1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- freeimage Fixed in 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- freeimage Fixed in 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.