USN-6078-1 fixed a vulnerability in libwebp. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Irvan Kurniawan discovered that libwebp incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libwebp to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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