CVE-2025-70968

Exp

FreeImage 3.18.0 contains a Use After Free in PluginTARGA.cpp;loadRLE().

Published: 2026-01-14 Last update: 2026-01-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-70968 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-70968

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-70968

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-20 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2026-01-15 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-70968

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-70968

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-70968

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-70968: 1 source package rows (freeimage); 5 state rows across 2 repos (3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 5. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-70968
debian end-of-life CVE-2025-70968 end-of-life priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freeimage), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-70968
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-70968
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-70968 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freeimage), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 8, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-70968

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-70968

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freeimage_project freeimage 3.18.0 cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-70968

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