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CVE-2015-8396 in the critical feed json

Integer overflow in the ImageRegionReader::ReadIntoBuffer function in MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmImageRegionReader.cxx in Grassroots DIC…

published 2016-01-12 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-8278

cvss
10.0
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.0%
EPSS 16.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gdcm Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8396

  • gdcm Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8396

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2015-8396 updated cvss 6.8

gdcm: Buffer overflow in ImageRegionReader::ReadIntoBuffer

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-39229)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

16.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-39229 Grassroots DICOM (GDCM) 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 - ImageRegionReader::ReadIntoBuffer Buffer Overflow dos, 2016-01-12
  • sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34670701/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34687533/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • census-labs.com http://census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-buffer-overflow-imageregionreaderreadintobuffer/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 10.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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