What is CVE-2021-40265?

CVE-2021-40265 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-40265?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Freeimage Project

CVE-2021-40265

A heap overflow bug exists FreeImage before 1.18.0 via ofLoad function in PluginJPEG.cpp.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-08-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Freeimage Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/337/ (Exploit, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40265?: CVE-2021-40265 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-40265?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.