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CVE-2022-4988: Alien::FreeImage versions through 1.001 for Perl contains several vulnerable libraries

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-1395

Description

Alien::FreeImage versions through 1.001 for Perl contains several vulnerable libraries. Alien::FreeImage contains version 3.17.0 of the FreeImage library from 2017, which has known vulnerabilities such as CVE-2015-0852 and CVE-2025-65803. The library embeds other images libraries that also have known vulnerabilities.

Affected products

• KMX Alien::FreeImage: through 1.001

References

• https://freeimage.sourceforge.io/
• https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/4
• https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/5
• https://metacpan.org/release/KMX/Alien-FreeImage-1.001/source/src/Source
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0852
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65803

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