CVE-2026-73638

Imager versions from 0.45_02 before 1.035 for Perl read outside the EXIF block via unchecked start offsets in tiff_load_ifd

Published Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026

Imager versions from 0.45_02 before 1.035 for Perl read outside the EXIF block via unchecked start offsets in tiff_load_ifd.

CVSS severityUnavailable
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EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Oct 18, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Imager versions from 0.45_02 before 1.035 for Perl read outside the EXIF block via unchecked start offsets in tiff_load_ifd.

tiff_load_ifd() validates an IFD entry's data by checking that entry->offset + entry->size stays within the EXIF block, and never checks the start offset itself. Where that sum is not the real end of the data, the check passes with the entry starting outside the block.

Through 1.032 entry->offset is a plain int, so on the usual two's-complement implementations an offset with the high bit set converts to negative and the sum can land back inside the block. From 1.033 the field is a size_t and the addition wraps only where size_t is 32 bits. The IFD's own start offset is checked the same way and wraps where unsigned long is 32 bits, which includes 64-bit Windows.

Any caller of Imager->read() on an attacker-supplied image may receive EXIF tags holding bytes from outside the block, or crash the process.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-73638
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Updated
Sep 17, 2026
Vendor
Tony Cook
Product
Imager
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Privileges
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  1. Sep 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

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  1. Affected versionversion=0.45_02 <1.035

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What is affected?

Tony Cook · Imagerversion=0.45_02 <1.035

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