High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published May 11, 2026· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2022-4988

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.

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Affected products

Kmx/Alien Freeimagereferences

Patches

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References

freeimage.sourceforge.ionvd
github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/4nvd
github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/5nvd
metacpan.org/release/KMX/Alien-FreeImage-1.001/source/src/Sourcenvd
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0852nvd
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65803nvd

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