CVE-2025-70968 — Use After Free in Project Freeimage

CWE-416 — Use After Free7 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Freeimage Project Freeimage
Timeline
PublishedJan 14

Description

FreeImage 3.18.0 contains a Use After Free in PluginTARGA.cpp;loadRLE().

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

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CVEList
CVE-2025-70968: FreeImage 3↗2026-01-14
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OSV
CVE-2025-70968: FreeImage 3↗2026-01-14
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GHSA
GHSA-m37w-3x8g-3vw4: FreeImage 3↗2026-01-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
freeimage: FreeImage: Arbitrary code execution via Use After Free in PluginTARGA.cpp;loadRLE()↗2026-01-14
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Debian
CVE-2025-70968: freeimage - FreeImage 3.18.0 contains a Use After Free in PluginTARGA.cpp;loadRLE().↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2025-70968 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2025-70968 — Use After Free in Project Freeimage | cvebase