CVE-2015-8396

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8396
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-12 20:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 10 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary10CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Malaterre Grassroots Dicom 2.6.1 All All All
Application Malaterre Grassroots Dicom All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: CVE-2015-8396: GDCM buffer overflow in ImageRegionReader::ReadIntoBuffer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
CENSUS | GDCM buffer overflow in ImageRegionReader :: ReadIntoBuffer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 census-labs.com Exploit
GDCM 2.6.0 / 2.6.1 Integer Overflow ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Grassroots DICOM / [Gdcm2] GDCM <2.6.1 two vulnerabilites af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Exploit
Grassroots DICOM / Gdcm / Commit [e547b1] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Grassroots DICOM / Re: [Gdcm2] GDCM <2.6.1 two vulnerabilites af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Exploit
Grassroots DICOM (GDCM) 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 - ImageRegionReader::ReadIntoBuffer Buffer Overflow - Linux dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
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