CVE-2026-13705 PUBLISHED

Imager versions before 1.032 for Perl have a heap out-of-bounds read in the bundled Imager::File::SGI reader via a 16-bit RLE literal run in read_rgb_16_rle

Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 29.06.2026 Published: 06.07.2026 Updated: 06.07.2026

Imager versions before 1.032 for Perl have a heap out-of-bounds read in the bundled Imager::File::SGI reader via a 16-bit RLE literal run in read_rgb_16_rle.

read_rgb_16_rle guards each literal run with if (count > data_left), but count is a pixel count while every 16-bit sample consumes two bytes. The copy loop reads inp[0] * 256 + inp[1] and advances two bytes per pixel, so a run with data_left / 2 < count <= data_left passes the guard yet consumes 2 * count bytes and reads past the end of the buffer. The 8-bit path is unaffected because there one pixel is one byte.

Reading a crafted SGI image through Imager->read triggers the over-read before the parser rejects the malformed image, which can crash the process.

Product Status

Vendor TONYC
Product Imager
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.032 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to Imager 1.032 or later.

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read CWE