CVE-2026-73638

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.26.2—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.2 under CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (7th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: cisa-adp, epss
6.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 6.2Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Imager versions from 0.45_02 before 1.035 for Perl read outside the EXIF block via unchecked start offsets in tiff_load_ifd.

tiff_load_ifd() validates an IFD entry's data by checking that entry->offset + entry->size stays within the EXIF block, and never checks the start offset itself. Where that sum is not the real end of the data, the check passes with the entry starting outside the block.

Through 1.032 entry->offset is a plain int, so on the usual two's-complement implementations an offset with the high bit set converts to negative and the sum can land back inside the block. From 1.033 the field is a size_t and the addition wraps only where size_t is 32 bits. The IFD's own start offset is checked the same way and wraps where unsigned long is 32 bits, which includes 64-bit Windows.

Any caller of Imager->read() on an attacker-supplied image may receive EXIF tags holding bytes from outside the block, or crash the process.

CVSS v3
6.2
EG Score
6.2MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
28
EG Risk 28/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity62% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
7th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 22, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Sep 22, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic Patch Available

#1144226 - libimager-perl FTBFS on 32-bit - Debian Bug report logs

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1144226
generic

EXIF test cails on 32-bit systems · Issue #568 · tonycoz/imager · GitHub

https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/issues/568
github Patch Available

Buffer read underflows on 32-bit size_t systems decoding EXIF data · Advisory · tonycoz/imager · GitHub

https://github.com/tonycoz/imager/security/advisories/GHSA-j47j-8w8p-3mmc

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libimager-perl1.019+dfsg-1 ... 1.036+dfsg-1 (19 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libimager-perl1.027+dfsg-1 ... 1.036+dfsg-1 (11 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libimager-perl1.027+dfsg-1 ... 1.034+dfsg-2 (9 versions)
  • every version up to 1.035+dfsg-1: fixed in 1.035+dfsg-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 00:21 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-03 01:59 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-02 03:37 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-01 05:14 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-30 06:52 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-29 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-29 08:29 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-28 10:07 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-27 11:43 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-26 13:12 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-24 16:21 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-23 17:58 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-22 18:33 UTCEG score recompute▲ 6.20
  21. 2026-09-22 18:33 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 6.2 · severity → MEDIUM
  22. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-21 15:28 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-18 01:29 UTCNVD update
  2. 2026-09-18 00:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  3. 2026-09-17 22:22 UTCNVD update
  4. 2026-09-17 21:24 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-17 21:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-73638?
CVE-2026-73638 is a medium vulnerability published on September 17, 2026. Imager versions from 0.4502 before 1.035 for Perl read outside the EXIF block via unchecked start offsets in tiffload_ifd. tiffloadifd() validates an IFD entry's data by checking that entry->offset + entry->size stays within the EXIF block, and never checks the start offset itself. Where that sum…
When was CVE-2026-73638 disclosed?
CVE-2026-73638 was first published on September 17, 2026, with the most recent update on September 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-73638 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-73638 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (7th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-73638?
CVE-2026-73638 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.2 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-73638?
A fix for CVE-2026-73638 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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