Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20165684000
Revision Date:2017-01-06Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-5684 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-5684
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'freeimage' package in bionic is not affected (note: '3.17.0+ds1-3').
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