CVE-2025-2581 (GCVE-0-2025-2581)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-21 05:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:45
VLAI?
Title
xmedcon DICOM File malloc integer underflow
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in xmedcon 0.25.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function malloc of the component DICOM File Handler. The manipulation leads to integer underflow. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 0.25.1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
https://vuldb.com/?id.300541 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.300541 signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.522216 third-party-advisory
https://xmedcon.sourceforge.io/Main/New patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a xmedcon Affected: 0.25.0
Credits
0x20z (VulDB User)
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