CVE-2026-93019
Reading an attacker-supplied file through Imager->read() triggers an uncatchable exit.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Imager versions before 1.036 for Perl exit the process reading a TGA with a colour map length of 32768 or more in tga_palette_read. The reader unpacks the two-byte colour map length into a signed short, so a length of 32768 or more becomes negative. tga_palette_read() casts that value to size_t and asks mymalloc() for a size near SIZE_MAX. The allocation fails and Imager's allocator calls exit(3). Reading an attacker-supplied file through Imager->read() triggers an uncatchable exit.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.61% probability · 48th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-196, CWE-789
- Source
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
EPSS 0.6% since 19 September 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/commit/74ed50e0625f9f51054e595bb4a8da92c1e0d571.patch
- https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/security/advisories/GHSA-p4vw-rc54-p2c2
- https://metacpan.org/release/TONYC/Imager-1.036/changes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/18/9
- https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/security/advisories/GHSA-p4vw-rc54-p2c2
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.