Critical
libimager-perl — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libimager-perl
- Affected versions
- 1.003+dfsg-1, 1.004+dfsg-1, 1.004+dfsg-1build1, 1.005+dfsg-2build1, 1.006+dfsg-1, 1.011+dfsg-1, 1.011+dfsg-1build1, 1.012+dfsg-1build1, 1.012+dfsg-2, 1.012+dfsg-2build1, 1.019+dfsg-2, 1.020+dfsg-1, 1.022+dfsg-1, 1.023+dfsg-1, 1.023+dfsg-1build1, 1.023+dfsg-1build2, 1.027+dfsg-1, 1.029+dfsg-1, 1.031+dfsg-1, 1.033+dfsg-1, 1.035+dfsg-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-73639
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73639
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Complete source record
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