Vulnerability · Published May 22, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-29421
Medium 6.2
In plain English
A medium-severity stack buffer overflow in the xmedcon package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
xmedcon 0.23.0 and fixed in v.0.24.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via libs/dicom/basic.c which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | xmedcon | 0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29421 |
| Debian:13 | xmedcon | 0.24.0-gtk3+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29421 |
| Debian:14 | xmedcon | 0.24.0-gtk3+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29421 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | xmedcon | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | xmedcon | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | xmedcon | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | xmedcon | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | xmedcon | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H