CVE-2026-73639 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 13.08.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 18.09.2026

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.

Product Status

Package Collection https://cpan.org/modules
Package Name Imager-File-PNG
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1.003 to 1.004 (excl.)
Package Collection https://cpan.org/modules
Package Name Imager
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1.034 to 1.035 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to Imager-File-PNG 1.004 or later, or to Imager 1.035 or later if the bundled copy is in use.

Credits

  • Alexander Bluhm (bluhm) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write CWE