CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-22879

HighCVSS 8.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.49%

41th percentile - higher than 41% of all known CVEs

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the vtkDICOMItem::FindDataElementOrInsert functionality of vtk-dicom (version 9.5.2). A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to heap-based memory corruption, and an attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Risk Assessment

Processing a malicious DICOM file may cause memory corruption, application crash, or potential code execution in the context of the processing process.

Recommendation

Update vtk-dicom to a patched version. Avoid processing untrusted DICOM files until the update is applied.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the vtkDICOMItem::FindDataElementOrInsert functionality of vtk-dicom (version(s): 9.5.2). A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to heap-based memory corruption. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS