# 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

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.036
- Published: 2026-09-18 · Updated: 2026-09-22

## Affected

- Imager: fixed in 1.036

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Imager, upgrade to a fixed version (1.036) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/security/advisories/GHSA-j7v7-cm4g-vrgf
- https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/commit/dcf0a52e2732399d42ab44d98af6934658d068ee.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/TONYC/Imager-1.036/changes

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