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Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8396): gdcm vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Jan 12, 2016

Added

Nov 19, 2024

Modified

Apr 16, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the ImageRegionReader::ReadIntoBuffer function in MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmImageRegionReader.cxx in Grassroots DICOM (aka GDCM) before 2.6.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted header dimensions in a DICOM image file, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Solution

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gdcm

References

CVE-2015-8396
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8396
EUVD-EUVD-2015-8278
http://census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-buffer-overflow-imageregionreaderreadintobuffer/
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8278
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8396

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