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TI-2021-17378 Aliases CVE-2021-40263GHSA-jpj5-vg69-hf8v

A heap overflow vulnerability in FreeImage 1.18.0 via the ofLoad function in PluginTIFF.cpp.

Priority HIGH 73CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A heap overflow vulnerability in FreeImage 1.18.0 via the ofLoad function in PluginTIFF.cpp.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01163 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:1.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.18.0VulnerableFreeimage Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:1.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.18.0 Vulnerable ·Freeimage Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-40263
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jpj5-vg69-hf8v

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

  • TI-2025-43177 FreeImage 3.18.0 contains a Use After Free in PluginTARGA.cpp;loadRLE(). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-25989 An integer overflow vulnerability in LoadPixelDataRLE4 function in PluginBMP.cpp in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-25987 An integer overflow vulnerability in FreeImageIO.cpp::_MemoryReadProc in FreeImage 3.18.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-17380 A heap overflow bug exists FreeImage before 1.18.0 via ofLoad function in PluginJPEG.cpp. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-14868 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in PSDParser.cpp::ReadImageLine() in FreeImage 3.19.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-14866 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in psdThumbnail::Read in PSDParser.cpp in FreeImage 3.19.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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