USN-3925-1: FreeImage vulnerability

USN-3925-1: FreeImage vulnerability

freeimage vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

FreeImage could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description

• freeimage – Support library for graphics image formats (development files)

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.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libfreeimage3 – 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1

libfreeimageplus3 – 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

libfreeimage3 – 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2016-5684

Source: USN-3925-1: FreeImage vulnerability