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Vulnerability · Published Aug 31, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-9732DCMTK dcm2img diybrpxt.h memory corruption

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity memory corruption in DCMTK. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was identified in DCMTK up to 3.6.9. This affects an unknown function in the library dcmimage/include/dcmtk/dcmimage/diybrpxt.h of the component dcm2img. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is 7ad81d69b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12dcmtk3.6.7-9~deb12u4DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9732
Debian:13dcmtk3.6.9-5+deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9732
Debian:14dcmtk3.6.9-6DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9732
Ubuntu:25.10dcmtkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-9732
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSdcmtkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-9732
Ubuntu:26.10dcmtkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-9732

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a DCMTK 3.6.03.6.13.6.23.6.33.6.43.6.53.6.63.6.7

Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

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