An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the XMP image handling functionality of the FreeImage library.

Published 9 y ago 2017-01-06 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.8%

percentile 79%

Public exploits

none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.81% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

FreeImage FreeImage

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

talosintelligence.com /reports/TALOS-2016-0189/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/93287 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-68 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
usn.ubuntu.com /3925-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-5684
NVD: CVE-2016-5684

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