VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-5442

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-09
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the DICOM image decoder. Dimension fields are encoded using Value Representation (VR) Unsigned Long (UL), instead of the expected VR Unsigned Short (US), which allows extremely large dimensions to be processed. This causes an integer overflow during frame size calculation and results in out-of-bounds memory access during image decoding.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references