CVE-2025-70968 is a critical Use After Free vulnerability affecting FreeImage 3.18.0, specifically within the PluginTARGA.cpp;loadRLE() function. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited remotely without user interaction. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 11 mentions across various platforms.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.