High severity · published Aug 7, 2026
CVE-2026-19082
Imager versions from 0.45_02 before 1.034 for Perl may expose adjacent heap bytes via strlen() over-read from zero-count ASCII EXIF entries in copy_string_tags
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Imager versions from 0.45_02 before 1.034 for Perl may expose adjacent heap bytes via strlen() over-read from zero-count ASCII EXIF entries in copy_string_tags.
copy_string_tags() computes an ASCII EXIF tag's length as `entry->size - 1` to strip the trailing NUL. A zero-count ASCII entry sets `entry->size` to 0, and the derived length reaches i_tags_add() as -1, which is interpreted as a request to call strlen(), scanning past the entry to the next NUL and copying those bytes into the tag. JPEG reaches this path via im_decode_exif(), as does the separate Imager::File::WEBP distribution, which is fixed by upgrading Imager.
Any caller of Imager->read() on an attacker-supplied image with such an entry may receive an exif_* tag holding adjacent heap bytes instead of an empty string.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
Imager · TONYC
0.45_02 before 1.034 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19082
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19082
github.com
https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/commit/24bde0427a113264d53f45a9c29ae756d84c82fe.patch
github.com
https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/security/advisories/GHSA-hx46-55wp-hv6m
metacpan.org
https://metacpan.org/release/TONYC/Imager-1.034/changes
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/07/6
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