CPANSA-Imager-2026-13705: Imager vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2026-07-06T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26
Current release date 2026-07-06T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 7.1 Severity
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

Imager versions before 1.032 for Perl have a heap out-of-bounds read in the bundled Imager::File::SGI reader via a 16-bit RLE literal run in read_rgb_16_rle. read_rgb_16_rle guards each literal run with if (count > data_left), but count is a pixel count while every 16-bit sample consumes two bytes. The copy loop reads inp[0] * 256 + inp[1] and advances two bytes per pixel, so a run with data_left / 2 < count <= data_left passes the guard yet consumes 2 * count bytes and reads past the end of the buffer. The 8-bit path is unaffected because there one pixel is one byte. Reading a crafted SGI image through Imager->read triggers the over-read before the parser rejects the malformed image, which can crash the process.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-13705

Vulnerability Description

Imager versions before 1.032 for Perl have a heap out-of-bounds read in the bundled Imager::File::SGI reader via a 16-bit RLE literal run in read_rgb_16_rle.

read_rgb_16_rle guards each literal run with if (count > data_left), but count is a pixel count while every 16-bit sample consumes two bytes. The copy loop reads inp[0] * 256 + inp[1] and advances two bytes per pixel, so a run with data_left / 2 < count <= data_left passes the guard yet consumes 2 * count bytes and reads past the end of the buffer. The 8-bit path is unaffected because there one pixel is one byte.

Reading a crafted SGI image through Imager->read triggers the over-read before the parser rejects the malformed image, which can crash the process.

Weakness CWE-125 : Out-of-bounds Read

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
Imager less than 1.032
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H 7.1 High
Fixed

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Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Mon Jul 6 00:00:00 2026 First release

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