NVD security advisory
Security advisory for FreeImage (danoli3 fork)
CVE-2026-118752
Full advisory details, affected packages, severity context, and original source.
Affected technology
FreeImage (danoli3 fork)Affected product
Advisory overview
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.
Related 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