PT-2026-39733 · Kmx · Alien::Freeimage

CVE-2022-4988 · Published 2026-05-11 · Updated 2026-05-15

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

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

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.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1395

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4988

Affected Products

Alien::Freeimage

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0852 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65803 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4988 · Security Note
• https://metacpan.org/release/KMX/Alien-FreeImage-1.001/source/src/Source · Note
• https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/4 · Note
• https://twitter.com/oss_security/status/2055155329533370571 · Twitter Post
• https://freeimage.sourceforge.io · Note
• https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/5 · Note