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CVE-2016-5684
An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the XMP image handling functionality of the FreeImage library. A specially…
High7.8EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- certcc
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- out-of-bounds write
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (5)
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0189/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 93287 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-68 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-3925-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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