Imager::File::GIF versions before 1.006 for Perl allow out-of-bounds reads when consolidating GIF images.
With `gif_consolidate => 1`, palette indices from the image are used without checking the colour table's bounds. The i_readgif_low routine reads beyond the heap allocation and copies the bytes into output pixels. The default GIF reader is not affected.
The same code ships bundled in the Imager distribution.
An attacker supplying a crafted GIF can disclose adjacent heap memory through the decoded output and may crash the process.
With `gif_consolidate => 1`, palette indices from the image are used without checking the colour table's bounds. The i_readgif_low routine reads beyond the heap allocation and copies the bytes into output pixels. The default GIF reader is not affected.
The same code ships bundled in the Imager distribution.
An attacker supplying a crafted GIF can disclose adjacent heap memory through the decoded output and may crash the process.
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Solution
Upgrade to Imager-File-GIF 1.006 or later, or to Imager 1.040 or later if the bundled copy is in use.
Workaround
Disable the gif_consolidate read option when processing untrusted GIF images.
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Imager::File::GIF versions before 1.006 for Perl allow out-of-bounds reads when consolidating GIF images. With `gif_consolidate => 1`, palette indices from the image are used without checking the colour table's bounds. The i_readgif_low routine reads beyond the heap allocation and copies the bytes into output pixels. The default GIF reader is not affected. The same code ships bundled in the Imager distribution. An attacker supplying a crafted GIF can disclose adjacent heap memory through the decoded output and may crash the process. | |
| Title | Imager::File::GIF versions before 1.006 for Perl allow out-of-bounds reads when consolidating GIF images | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-125 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-20T22:37:43.477Z
Reserved: 2026-10-19T10:02:31.268Z
Link: CVE-2026-112202
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-20T23:17:01.690
Modified: 2026-10-20T23:17:01.690
Link: CVE-2026-112202
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