CVE-2026-93018
CVE-2026-93018
Imager versions before 1.036 for Perl disclose uninitialised heap memory reading a paletted image with pixel indexes past its colour map in i_gpix_p and i_glin_p. The palette is allocated uninitialised, and only the entries a reader adds count as populated. The TGA reader stores pixel indexes without checking them against the colour map. i_gpix_p() rejects only an index greater than the count, so an index equal to it reads the first unpopulated entry, and getpixel() returns it. i_glin_p() skips any index at or beyond the count without writing that pixel to the caller's buffer. The palette-to-RGB conversion reads each row through an uninitialised buffer, so those pixels of the converted image hold prior heap contents. Reading an attacker-supplied image through Imager->read() and then fetching its pixels or converting it to RGB discloses process heap memory.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (7.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (vendor-advisory)
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (patch)
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (release-notes)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-93018?
- CVE-2026-93018 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-09-18.
- How severe is CVE-2026-93018?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.