High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2026· Updated Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-118752
CVE-2026-118752
Description
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.
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/blob/3.19.21/Source/FreeImage/PluginIFF.cppnvd
- github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/commit/cf173c16354274dc8fb739dc395fc7f32efe7d45nvd
- github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/commit/e1105d3b464b679f0525c6178d9ccf49d55cf712nvd
- github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/issues/156nvd
- github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/pull/161nvd
- github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/releases/tag/3.19.22nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freeimage-before-3.19.22-heap-buffer-overflow-via-iff-lbm-pbm-rle-decodernvd
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