Gentoo update for FreeImage



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2015-0852
CVE-2016-5684
CWE-ID CWE-191
CWE-120
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Gentoo Linux
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

media-libs/freeimage
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Integer underflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU80084

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0852

CWE-ID: CWE-191 - Integer underflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow in PluginPCX.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger an integer underflow and crash the application.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
media-libs/freeimage to version: 3.15.4-r1

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

media-libs/freeimage: before 3.15.4-r1

CPE2.3 External links

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-68


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Arbitrary code execution

EUVDB-ID: #VU1005

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5684

CWE-ID: CWE-120 - Buffer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to buffer overflow caused by processing of malformed XMP or RAW image and allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
media-libs/freeimage to version: 3.15.4-r1

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

media-libs/freeimage: before 3.15.4-r1

CPE2.3 External links

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-68


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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