CVE-2026-44038 (GCVE-0-2026-44038)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-08 12:55 – Updated: 2026-10-08 14:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Global buffer out-of-bounds read in DCMTK JPEG Huffman decoding
Summary
A global out-of-bounds read in the Huffman decoder of the bundled IJG JPEG libraries (dcmjpeg/libijg8, libijg12 and libijg16) of OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0 allows an attacker to read memory beyond the extend_test[] and extend_offset[] tables, causing incorrectly decoded pixel data or a crash, via a DICOM file with a crafted JPEG stream whose Huffman table defines a difference category above 15. Huffman symbol values are not range-checked unless DCMTK is built with DCMTK_ENABLE_STRICT_HUFFMAN_TABLE_CHECK, which is disabled by default. dcmdjpeg and any application that decompresses JPEG DICOM images with DCMTK are affected. The issue is fixed in commit d6ae1bc8d5b9ae9c7300013c8c85cc2ea0fd8cf5.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-08 14:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1221 | issue-trackingvendor-advisory |
| https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/d6ae1bc8d5b… | patch |
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