USN-3925-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3925-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3925-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3925-1
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Published
2019-03-28T17:55:54.267835Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:47Z
Summary
freeimage vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the XMP image handling functionality of the FreeImage library. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could overwrite arbitrary memory, resulting in code execution.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / freeimage

Package

Name
freeimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeimage@3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.15.1-2build1
3.15.1-2build2
3.15.4-2
3.15.4-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreeimage-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreeimage3",
            "binary_version": "3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-5684"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / freeimage

Package

Name
freeimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeimage@3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.15.4-4.1build1
3.15.4-6
3.17.0+ds1-1.1
3.17.0+ds1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreeimage-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreeimage3",
            "binary_version": "3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreeimageplus-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreeimageplus3",
            "binary_version": "3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-5684"
        }
    ]
}