Arbitrary code execution - CVE-2016-5684

 

Arbitrary code execution - CVE-2016-5684

Published: October 17, 2016 / Updated: February 1, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1005
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
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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.

Remediation

Update stable distribution (jessie) to 3.15.4-4.2+deb8u1.

Update testing distribution (stretch) to 3.17.0+ds1-3.

Update unstable distribution (sid) to3.17.0+ds1-3.


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