CVE-2026-118752
FreeImage (danoli3 fork) before 3.19.22 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the PBM…
- Risk score
- 47/100
- CVSS
- 7.8 v3.1
- Published
- 28 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- FreeImage (danoli3 fork) before 3.19.22 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the PBM RLE decoder of PluginIFF.cpp that lacks bounds checks on ByteRun1 runs. Attackers can supply a crafted IFF/LBM PBM file with runs straddling scanline ends to write up to 127 controlled bytes past the heap-allocated bitmap.
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 3.19.22 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.8 high
References
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/blob/3.19.21/Source/FreeImage/PluginIFF.cpp#L296-L324
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/commit/cf173c16354274dc8fb739dc395fc7f32efe7d45
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/commit/e1105d3b464b679f0525c6178d9ccf49d55cf712
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/issues/156
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/pull/161
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/releases/tag/3.19.22
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freeimage-before-3.19.22-heap-buffer-overflow-via-iff-lbm-pbm-rle-decoder
Original description
FreeImage (danoli3 fork) before 3.19.22 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the PBM RLE decoder of PluginIFF.cpp that lacks bounds checks on ByteRun1 runs. Attackers can supply a crafted IFF/LBM PBM file with runs straddling scanline ends to write up to 127 controlled bytes past the heap-allocated bitmap.
Last activity 28 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.