CVE-2016-5684 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the FreeImage library's XMP image handling, allowing an attacker to achieve arbitrary memory overwrite and potential code execution via a specially crafted XMP file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction to trigger. While severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.