Answer in brief
CVE-2026-14454 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps TONYC/Imager (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 9.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps TONYC/Imager (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| TONYC/Imagergeneric | >=0 <1.033 | 1.033 |
Published upstream
Jul 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jul 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 8, 2026
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. An attacker could craft an image with EXIF data that terminates a worker process.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
Answer in brief
CVE-2026-14454 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Imager versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps TONYC/Imager (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 9.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps TONYC/Imager (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| TONYC/Imagergeneric | >=0 <1.033 | 1.033 |
Published upstream
Jul 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jul 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 8, 2026
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. An attacker could craft an image with EXIF data that terminates a worker process.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.