Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2026-13708 (2026-07-06)

Imager::File::JPEG versions before 1.003 for Perl leak heap memory when reading a JPEG with repeated APP13 markers in i_readjpeg_wiol. i_readjpeg_wiol walks the marker list libjpeg returns and, for each APP13 marker, allocates a new buffer with *iptc_itext = mymalloc(...) and overwrites the previous pointer without freeing it. Only the final payload is later turned into a Perl scalar and freed, so a JPEG with N such markers leaks the first N-1 payloads on every read. In a long-lived process, such as an upload or thumbnailing service, repeated reads accumulate these leaks and exhaust available memory, a denial of service. The same handler ships bundled in the Imager distribution, where versions before 1.032 are affected and the fix ships in 1.032.

NAME

Imager::File::JPEG - read and write JPEG files

SYNOPSIS

use Imager;

my $img = Imager->new;
$img->read(file=>"foo.jpg")
  or die $img->errstr;

$img->write(file => "foo.jpg")
  or die $img->errstr;

DESCRIPTION

Imager's JPEG support is documented in Imager::Files.

AUTHOR

Tony Cook <tonyc@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO

Imager, Imager::Files.