cve/2016/CVE-2016-5684.md

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.

POC

Reference

• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

Github

• https://github.com/andir/nixos-issue-db-example