CVE-2026-14454

The Imager module for Perl (versions before 1.033 ) contains a vulnerability where it mishandles large EXIF IFD entry count values by treating them as signed numbers. This logic error allows an attacker to craft an image with malicious EXIF data, causing the software to attempt to allocate a memo...

CVE-2026-14454 Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed

Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed. Imager mishandled large EXIF IFD entry count values, treating them as negative numbers. This could lead to an attempt to allocate a block nearly the size of the address space, which fails and kills the process. ...