What is CVE-2021-40266?

CVE-2021-40266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-40266?

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

Is CVE-2021-40266 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Freeimage Project

CVE-2021-40266

FreeImage before 1.18.0, ReadPalette function in PluginTIFF.cpp is vulnerabile to null pointer dereference.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.6th 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-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40266?: CVE-2021-40266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-40266?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-40266 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.