CVE-2016-3993

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Off-by-one error in the __imlib_MergeUpdate function in lib/updates.c in imlib2 before 1.4.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via crafted coordinates.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
Enlightenment Imlib2: through 1.4.8

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00076.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3555
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819818
https://git.enlightenment.org/legacy/imlib2.git/commit/?id=ce94edca1ccfbe314cb7cd9453433fad404ec7ef
https://sourceforge.net/p/enlightenment/mailman/message/35055012/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00076.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3555
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819818
https://git.enlightenment.org/legacy/imlib2.git/commit/?id=ce94edca1ccfbe314cb7cd9453433fad404ec7ef
https://sourceforge.net/p/enlightenment/mailman/message/35055012/

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