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.
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Solution

Upgrade to Imager 1.036 or later.


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History

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title 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
Weaknesses CWE-196
CWE-789
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T17:28:49.711Z

Reserved: 2026-09-17T14:56:50.796Z

Link: CVE-2026-93019

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-18T14:19:04.480

Modified: 2026-09-18T18:18:17.967

Link: CVE-2026-93019

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