CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-70968

Use After Free

Published: Jan 14, 2026 | Modified: Jan 23, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
9.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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FreeImage 3.18.0 contains a Use After Free in PluginTARGA.cpp;loadRLE().

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FreeimageFreeimage_project3.18.0 (including)3.18.0 (including)
FreeimageUbuntuplucky*

Potential Mitigations

References