Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-70968
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity use-after-free 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 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
FreeImage 3.18.0 contains a Use After Free in PluginTARGA.cpp;loadRLE().
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-70968 |
| Debian:13 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-70968 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-70968 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-70968 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-70968 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-70968 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-70968 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H