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medium 5.3

CVE-2025-9732 json

DCMTK dcm2img diybrpxt.h memory corruption

published 2025-08-31 14 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2025-26296

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was identified in DCMTK up to 3.6.9. This affects an unknown function in the library dcmimage/include/dcmtk/dcmimage/diybrpxt.h of the component dcm2img. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is 7ad81d69b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Patch / fix

  • dcmtk Debian 12 3.6.7-9~deb12u4
  • dcmtk Debian 13 3.6.9-5+deb13u1
  • dcmtk Debian 14 3.6.9-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9732

  • dcmtk openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.6.9-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15504-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-9732 updated

dcmtk: DCMTK dcm2img diybrpxt.h memory corruption

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present “No mitigation is currently available that meets Red Hat Product Security’s standards for usability, deployment, applicability, or stability.”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
14 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/7ad81d69b referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 2.0 4.3 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C
CNA 4.0 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 2.0 4.3 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a DCMTK

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

Sources

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