CVE-2016-5684

Name	CVE-2016-5684
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-647-1, DSA-3692-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	839827

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
freeimage (PTS)	jessie (security), jessie	3.15.4-4.2+deb8u1	fixed
	buster, sid, stretch	3.17.0+ds1-5	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
freeimage	source	(unstable)	3.17.0+ds1-3	medium		839827
freeimage	source	jessie	3.15.4-4.2+deb8u1	medium	DSA-3692-1
freeimage	source	wheezy	3.15.1-1.1+deb7u1	medium	DLA-647-1

Notes

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0189/
http://freeimage.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeimage/FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginXPM.cpp?r1=1.17&r2=1.18
http://freeimage.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeimage/FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginXPM.cpp?r1=1.18&r2=1.19