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CVE-2016-5684

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

• FreeImage: 3.17.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93287
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0189/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-68
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3925-1/
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93287
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0189/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-68
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3925-1/
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

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