CVE-2021-40265

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 11 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
freeimage 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable, fix deferred
25.10 questing
Vulnerable, fix deferred
25.04 plucky Ignored end of life, was deferred [2025-1-15]
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was deferred [2025-1-15]
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, fix deferred
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable, fix deferred
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, fix deferred
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable, fix deferred
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable, fix deferred

Notes


juliaphoebe

Patch code unavailable upstream as of 2025-01-16

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

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


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