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GHSA-WQRC-GG3R-JW9V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:31

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Alien::FreeImage versions through 1.001 for Perl contains several vulnerable libraries.

Alien::FreeImage contains version 3.17.0 of the FreeImage library from 2017, which has known vulnerabilities such as CVE-2015-0852 and CVE-2025-65803. The library embeds other images libraries that also have known vulnerabilities.

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CVE-2022-4988 (GCVE-0-2022-4988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-11 19:04 – Updated: 2026-05-13 12:56

Title

Alien::FreeImage versions through 1.001 for Perl contains several vulnerable libraries

Summary

Alien::FreeImage versions through 1.001 for Perl contains several vulnerable libraries. Alien::FreeImage contains version 3.17.0 of the FreeImage library from 2017, which has known vulnerabilities such as CVE-2015-0852 and CVE-2025-65803. The library embeds other images libraries that also have known vulnerabilities.

Severity

7.3 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-13 12:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-1395 - Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component

Assigner

CPANSec redhat root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://freeimage.sourceforge.io/
https://metacpan.org/release/KMX/Alien-FreeImage-…
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0852	vendor-advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65803	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/4	issue-tracking
https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/5	issue-tracking

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
KMX	Alien::FreeImage	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.001 (custom)

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