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TI-2026-51723 Aliases CVE-2026-73639

Out-of-bounds write in Imager-File-PNG

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Imager::File::PNG versions from 1.003 before 1.004 for Perl write past the end of the row buffer reading a PNG with a tRNS transparency chunk in read_direct8. With a tRNS chunk, read_direct8() adds an alpha channel to the image it creates but still sizes the row buffer from the original channel count. libpng expands the transparency into that extra channel, so png_read_row() fills one channel more than the buffer holds, at one byte per sample, and writes width bytes past the end of the allocation. Palette images go to read_paletted() and 16-bit images to read_direct16(), which sizes its buffer from png_get_rowbytes() and allocates enough for the expanded row. The same reader ships bundled in the Imager distribution. Reading an attacker-supplied PNG through Imager->read() corrupts the heap, which can crash the process.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00702 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Imager-File-PNG: 1.004Imager: 1.035

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Imager-File-PNG1.003 to before 1.0041.004Patch availableCNA
—Imager1.034 to before 1.0351.035Patch availableCNA
  • Imager-File-PNG Vendor— Affected 1.003 to before 1.004 Fixed in 1.004 Patch available CNA
  • Imager Vendor— Affected 1.034 to before 1.035 Fixed in 1.035 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Imager-File-PNG Fixed in 1.004
  • Fix · CNA Imager Fixed in 1.035

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-73639

References

Sources

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