TI-2024-36077 Aliases CVE-2024-53901 GHSA-cwgj-pq49-6x66

The Imager package before 1.025 for Perl has a heap-based buffer overflow leading to…

LOW 25CWE-120Published 2024-11-24 · Updated 2024-11-24

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The Imager package before 1.025 for Perl has a heap-based buffer overflow leading to denial of service, or possibly unspecified other impact, when the trim() method is called on a crafted input image.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00386 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:tonycoz:imager::::::perl::*	before 1.025	Vulnerable	Tonycoz

cpe:2.3:a:tonycoz:imager:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* Versions before 1.025 Vulnerable ·Tonycoz

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-53901
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cwgj-pq49-6x66

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/issues/534

Patch 1

https://github.com/briandfoy/cpan-security-advisory/issues/167

Other 2

TI-2026-12218 Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-65411 Integer overflow in Imager CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-65412 Imager versions before 1.037 for Perl overflow a heap buffer fetching float samples from… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3

Sources

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