CVE-2022-4988
Alien::FreeImage versions through 1.001 for Perl contains several vulnerable libraries
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Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By CPANSec
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ≤ 1.001
What to do
Workaround: The latest version of the FreeImage library is 3.18.0 from 2018, which also appears to have serious vulnerabilities. Users are advised to use alternatives.
References (6)
- https://freeimage.sourceforge.io/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://metacpan.org/release/KMX/Alien-FreeImage-1.001/source/src/Source (opens in a new tab)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0852 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65803 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/4 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
- https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/5 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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