CVE-2026-14454: imager before 1.033 (exclusive); +1 more affected products

CVE-2026-14454. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.8 (CRITICAL, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00657 (percentile 0.51147), scored 25-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

imager · before 1.033 (exclusive)
tonycoz

Imager · 0 to before 1.033
TONYC

Description’s affected range: versions before 1.033 for Perl treat unsigned EXIF IFD entry counts as signed

Component: Not specified by the source
Function: tiff_load_ifd
File: imexif.c

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

An attacker could craft an image with EXIF data that terminates a worker process. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 9.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 25-Oct-2026 21:45 UTC

CWE: CWE-196, CWE-789
CCR priority: 39.4 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
EPSS: 0.00657 · percentile 0.51147 · 2026-10-25
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-25 21:44:36.062275+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-14454.html