CVE-2026-14454

Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed

Published Jul 8, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed.

Imager mishandled large EXIF IFD entry count values, treating them as negative numbers. This could lead to an attempt to allocate a block nearly the size of the address space, which fails and kills the process.

An attacker could craft an image with EXIF data that terminates a worker process.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to version 1.033 or later.

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Tonyc
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Description Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed. Imager mishandled large EXIF IFD entry count values, treating them as negative numbers. This could lead to an attempt to allocate a block nearly the size of the address space, which fails and kills the process. An attacker could craft an image with EXIF data that terminates a worker process.
Title Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed
Weaknesses CWE-196
CWE-789
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
CPANSec
Published
Updated
Jul 9, 2026, 2:41 PM
Reserved
Jul 2, 2026, 8:18 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 8, 2026, 1:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 9:10 PM