# CVE-2022-4988: CVE-2022-4988

Status: published. Published: 2026-05-11. Updated: 2026-11-10.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

Not reported in collected sources.

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.3 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L; source: NVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable yes; technical impact partial; source NVD SSVC: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- Weaknesses: Not reported

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://freeimage.sourceforge.io/ (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)

- https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/4 (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)

- https://github.com/kmx/alien-freeimage/issues/5 (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)

- https://metacpan.org/release/KMX/Alien-FreeImage-1.001/source/src/Source (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)

- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0852 (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)

- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65803 (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4988; retrieved 2026-11-10; source updated 2026-11-10

Revision: 23eb76a24da4dffd2561f43f7d912c114388c782d9fd3d852a50f4f73a58401a

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2022-4988

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