What is CVE-2021-40262?

CVE-2021-40262 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-40262?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Freeimage Project

CVE-2021-40262

A stack exhaustion issue was discovered in FreeImage before 1.18.0 via the Validate function in PluginRAW.cpp.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (45.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freeimage_project Freeimage
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40262?: CVE-2021-40262 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-40262?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.