Out-of-Bounds Affecting dcmtk package, versions <3.6.9-5+deb13u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-DCMTK-14416547
  • published15 Dec 2025
  • disclosed13 Dec 2025

Introduced: 13 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-14607  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 dcmtk to version 3.6.9-5+deb13u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dcmtk package and not the dcmtk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was detected in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9. Affected by this issue is the function DcmByteString::makeDicomByteString of the file dcmdata/libsrc/dcbytstr.cc of the component dcmdata. The manipulation results in memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 3.7.0 can resolve this issue. The patch is identified as 4c0e5c10079392c594d6a7abd95dd78ac0aa556a. You should upgrade the affected component.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1