Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40262
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the freeimage package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A stack exhaustion issue was discovered in FreeImage before 1.18.0 via the Validate function in PluginRAW.cpp.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40262 |
| Debian:13 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40262 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40262 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40262 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40262 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40262 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40262 |