CVE-2022-4988

CVE-2022-4988: Alien::FreeImage versions through 1.001 for Perl contains several vulnerable libraries

Vendor Kmx

Product Alien::FreeImage

Weakness CWE-1395

Published May 11, 2026

Last update May 13, 2026

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 11, 2026 CVE published

May 13, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4988 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1395.html

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