CVE-2026-5442

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/536588	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.machinespirits.de/	Not Applicable
https://www.orthanc-server.com/	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:orthanc-server:orthanc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-09 15:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:59

NVD link : CVE-2026-5442

Mitre link : CVE-2026-5442

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-5442

JSON object : View

Products Affected

orthanc-server

orthanc

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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