CVE-2026-118752
What it is
FreeImage through 3.18.0 and the danoli3 FreeImage fork before 3.19.22 contain 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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 8.5
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/commit/cf173c16354274dc8fb739dc395fc7f32efe7d45
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/commit/e1105d3b464b679f0525c6178d9ccf49d55cf712
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/pull/161
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/pull/244
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/releases/tag/3.19.22
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/pull/244
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/releases/tag/3.19.22
- https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/patches/198/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeimage/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freeimage-before-3.19.22-heap-buffer-overflow-via-iff-lbm-pbm-rle-decoder
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/issues/156