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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-5443 EUVD-2026-20922GHSA-x69c-qfxw-mhm7

Heap Buffer Overflow in DICOM Image Decoder (Palette Color Decode)

Published Apr 9, 2026 · Updated Apr 14, 2026 · Assigned by certcc

Description

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists during the decoding of `PALETTE COLOR` DICOM images. Pixel length validation uses 32-bit multiplication for width and height calculations. If these values overflow, the validation check incorrectly succeeds, allowing the decoder to read and write to memory beyond allocated buffers.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Orthanc DICOM Server ≤ 1.12.10 —

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 orthanc 1.12.10+dfsg-4 —
Debian 13 orthanc No fix yet —
Debian 12 orthanc No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 orthanc No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS orthanc No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 orthanc No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS orthanc No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS orthanc No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS orthanc No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS orthanc No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS orthanc No fix yet —

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