{"cve":"CVE-2026-73639","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-17T22:17:03.763","modified":"2026-09-22T19:16:44.383","status":"Deferred","description":"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.\n\nWith 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.\n\nThe same reader ships bundled in the Imager distribution.\n\nReading an attacker-supplied PNG through Imager->read() corrupts the heap, which can crash the process.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-787"],"references":["https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/commit/d973bd7e8843f084e8071caa24b89545c88b1e4b.patch","https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/pull/567","https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/security/advisories/GHSA-jhx5-34j8-9g88","https://metacpan.org/release/TONYC/Imager-1.035/changes","https://metacpan.org/release/TONYC/Imager-File-PNG-1.004/changes"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:55:23.253742848+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-73639","score":0.00702,"percentile":0.53267,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}