CVE-2026-5442

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published4/9/2026

Last Modified4/14/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

orthanc-server:orthanc

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/536588(cret@cert.org)

https://www.machinespirits.de/(cret@cert.org)

https://www.orthanc-server.com/(cret@cert.org)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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