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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73639 (CVE-2026-73639)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-09-17 22:17 – Updated: 2026-09-23 23:34 – Source website

Details

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.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-73639	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73639	REPORT
	https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/security/adviso…	REPORT
	https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/pull/567	REPORT

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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73639",
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CVE-2026-73639 (GCVE-0-2026-73639)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 21:18 – Updated: 2026-09-22 18:27

Title

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

Summary

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-22 18:04 UTC

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

CPANSec redhat root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/security/adviso…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/commit/d973bd7e…	patch
https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/pull/567	issue-tracking
https://metacpan.org/release/TONYC/Imager-File-PN…	release-notes
https://metacpan.org/release/TONYC/Imager-1.035/changes	release-notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/17/6

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
		Affected: 1.003 , < 1.004 (custom)
		Affected: 1.034 , < 1.035 (custom)

Credits

Alexander Bluhm (bluhm)

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