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freeimage — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-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 in code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious image to trigger this vulnerability.

Products
freeimage
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.17.0+ds1-3
CVEs
CVE-2016-5684
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 12:46 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5684

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Jan 2017, 21:59 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5684

freeimage

Fixed versions: 3.17.0+ds1-3

freeimage

Fixed versions: 3.17.0+ds1-3

Complete source record
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