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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade freeimage | Oct 14, 2016 | Oct 13, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade freeimage | Feb 5, 2017 | Feb 4, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-libs/freeimage. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libfreeimageplus3-debuginfoUpgrade freeimage-develUpgrade libfreeimageplus3Upgrade freeimage-debugsourceUpgrade libfreeimage3-debuginfoUpgrade libfreeimage3 | Feb 4, 2018 | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libfreeimage3Upgrade libfreeimageplus3 | Apr 3, 2019 | Jan 6, 2017 |
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