CVE-2015-8396

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

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.

Affected products

Grassroot DICOM: through 2.6.0; 2.6.1

References

http://census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-buffer-overflow-imageregionreaderreadintobuffer/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135205/GDCM-2.6.0-2.6.1-Integer-Overflow.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/29
http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/gdcm/ci/e547b1ded3fd21e0b0ad149f13045aa12d4b9b7c/
http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34670701/
http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34687533/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537264/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39229/
http://census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-buffer-overflow-imageregionreaderreadintobuffer/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135205/GDCM-2.6.0-2.6.1-Integer-Overflow.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/29
http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/gdcm/ci/e547b1ded3fd21e0b0ad149f13045aa12d4b9b7c/

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