# 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

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.034
- Published: 2026-08-07 · Updated: 2026-08-07

## Affected

- Imager: from 0.45\_02, fixed in 1.034

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Imager, upgrade to a fixed version (1.034) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/security/advisories/GHSA-hx46-55wp-hv6m
- https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/commit/24bde0427a113264d53f45a9c29ae756d84c82fe.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/TONYC/Imager-1.034/changes

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