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Medium · 4.4 CVE-2026-44038 EUVD-2026-94941GHSA-4mfc-mxcx-mmpp

Global buffer out-of-bounds read in DCMTK JPEG Huffman decoding

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

Description

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.

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 —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
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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