CVE-2016-5684

Upstream information

CVE-2016-5684 at MITRE

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.

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Upstream Security Advisories:

• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1232/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1233/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1234/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1292/

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.8
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1002621 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2018:0329-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:39 2023

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
openSUSE Tumbleweed	freeimage-devel >= 3.18.0-4.4 libfreeimage3 >= 3.18.0-4.4 libfreeimageplus3 >= 3.18.0-4.4	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10766

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Oct 3 20:00:53 2016
CVE page last modified: Sat Jun 15 23:04:15 2024