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    CVE-2015-8396

    Integer overflow in the ImageRegionReader::ReadIntoBuffer function in MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmImageRegionReader.cxx in Grassroots DICOM (aka GDCM) before 2.6.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted header dimensions in a DICOM image file, which triggers a buffer overflow.

    Published:Jan 12, 2016
    Last Modified:Aug 21, 2025
    EPS:Jan 12, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.23518
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Malaterre
    Product
    Grassroots Dicom

    Exploits

    http://census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-buffer-overflow-imageregionreaderreadintobuffer/http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34670701/http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34687533/http://census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-buffer-overflow-imageregionreaderreadintobuffer/http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34670701/http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34687533/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39229

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2025-52582 (CVSS 7.4) — An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the Overlay::GrabOverlayFromPixelData functionality of Grassroot…
    CVE-2025-48429 (CVSS 7.4) — An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RLECodec::DecodeByStreams functionality of Grassroot DICOM 3…
    CVE-2025-11266 (CVSS 6.8) — An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the Grassroots DICOM library (GDCM). The issue is triggered dur…
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    CVE-2024-25569 (CVSS 6.5) — An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RAWCodec::DecodeBytes functionality of Mathieu Malaterre Gra…
    CVE-2015-8397 (CVSS 8.2) — The JPEGLSCodec::DecodeExtent function in MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmJPEGLSCodec.cxx in Grassroots DICOM (a…

    References

    http://census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-buffer-overflow-imageregionreaderreadintobuffer/
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135205/GDCM-2.6.0-2.6.1-Integer-Overflow.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/29
    http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/gdcm/ci/e547b1ded3fd21e0b0ad149f13045aa12d4b9b7c/
    http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34670701/
    http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34687533/
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537264/100/0/threaded
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39229/
    http://census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-buffer-overflow-imageregionreaderreadintobuffer/
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135205/GDCM-2.6.0-2.6.1-Integer-Overflow.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/29
    http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/gdcm/ci/e547b1ded3fd21e0b0ad149f13045aa12d4b9b7c/
    http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34670701/
    http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34687533/
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537264/100/0/threaded
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39229/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High