UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8397

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8397

    Published: 12 Jan 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8397

    Summary:

    Details: The JPEGLSCodec::DecodeExtent function in MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmJPEGLSCodec.cxx in Grassroots DICOM (aka GDCM) before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an embedded JPEG-LS image with dimensions larger than the selected region in a (1) two-dimensional or (2) three-dimensional DICOM image file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8397, http://census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-out-bounds-read-jpeglscodec-decodeextent/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8397

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gdcm

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.2.3-2ubuntu3
    2.2.3-2ubuntu4
    2.2.4-1.1ubuntu1
    2.2.4-1.1ubuntu2
    2.2.4-1.1ubuntu3
    2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4

    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
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