CVE-2022-4988

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.

Description (MITRE) cveawg.mitre.org

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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.

Overview

State

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Assigner (CNA)

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CVSS severity

high

CVSS score

7.3 / 10

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Effective score

7.3 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview

CWE(s)

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Reserved

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Published

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Last updated

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Source

https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2022-4988

Linked Threat

CVE-2022-4988 — CVE-2022-4988

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published

2026-05-11 20:19:35 UTC

NVD last modified

2026-05-13 14:16:55 UTC

NVD CVSS v3.1

7.3 / 10 HIGH source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploitability subscore

3.9 / 10

Impact subscore

3.4 / 10

EPSS score

0.0006 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)

EPSS percentile

19.04% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID

EUVD-2022-55992

Assigner

CPANSec

Published

May 11, 2026, 7:04:40 PM

Updated

May 13, 2026, 12:56:15 PM

EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)

7.3 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EUVD-reported EPSS

0.0600

Vendors

KMX

Products

Alien::FreeImage (0 ≤1.001)

ENISA 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.

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

Web references (9)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

• https://freeimage.sourceforge.io/ tenable:freeimage.sourceforge.io
• https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/4 tenable:github.com
• https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/5 tenable:github.com
• https://metacpan.org/release/KMX/Alien-FreeImage-1.001/source/src/Source tenable:metacpan.org
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0852 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4988 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65803 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4988 tenable:www.cve.org
• https://www.first.org/epss/ tenable:www.first.org

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