CVE-2026-118752

7.8 HIGHpublic exploit available

Published 2026-10-28 · Updated 2026-10-28

AI analysis for this CVE has not been generated yet. Raw NVD data is shown below.

NVD 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Public exploit & PoC 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

All 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

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