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Medium · 4.4 CVE-2026-44034 EUVD-2026-94937GHSA-mmr5-x4mp-rpf4

Heap out-of-bounds read in DCMTK RLE decodeFrame()

Published Oct 8, 2026 · Updated Oct 8, 2026 · Assigned by securin

Description

A heap-based out-of-bounds read in DcmRLECodecDecoder::decodeFrame() in dcmdata/libsrc/dcrleccd.cc of OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0 allows an attacker to read up to 63 bytes of adjacent heap memory, or cause a crash, via a crafted RLE Lossless DICOM file whose pixel data fragment is shorter than the 64-byte RLE header. The function copies 64 bytes without checking the fragment length, a check that the sibling function decode() already performs. Applications that decode RLE images frame by frame (for example, through DcmPixelData::getUncompressedFrame()) are affected. The dcmdrle command-line tool uses decode() and is not affected. The issue is fixed in commit 45469f3c30037e9c7159290e4bb74cd7b3b9ef1d.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 dcmtk No fix yet —
Debian 13 dcmtk No fix yet —
Debian 12 dcmtk No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 dcmtk No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS dcmtk No fix yet —

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