Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gdcm package, versions [,3.2.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-GDCM-14413729
  • published14 Dec 2025
  • disclosed12 Dec 2025
  • creditMorgen Malinoski

Introduced: 12 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-11266  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gdcm to version 3.2.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write via the parsing process of DICOM files containing encapsulated PixelData fragments. An attacker can cause a segmentation fault and an application crash by supplying a crafted malicious DICOM file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1