Out-of-bounds Read Affecting gdcm package, versions <3.0.24-11


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GDCM-14459532
  • published18 Dec 2025
  • disclosed16 Dec 2025

Introduced: 16 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-53618  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable gdcm to version 3.0.24-11 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the JPEGBITSCodec::InternalCode functionality of Grassroot DICOM 3.024. A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to an information leak. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.The function grayscale_convert is called based of the value of the malicious DICOM file specifying the intended interpretation of the image pixel data

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1