Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40266
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the freeimage package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
FreeImage before 1.18.0, ReadPalette function in PluginTIFF.cpp is vulnerabile to null pointer dereference.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40266 |
| Debian:13 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40266 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40266 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40266 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40266 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40266 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40266 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/334/
- FEDORA-2023-604a7d56b0 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-8e640cb540 vendor-advisory