CVE-2015-8396

NameCVE-2015-8396
DescriptionInteger overflow in the ImageRegionReader::ReadIntoBuffer function in MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmImageRegionReader.cxx in Grassroots DICOM (aka GDCM) before 2.6.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted header dimensions in a DICOM image file, which triggers a buffer overflow.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gdcm (PTS)jessie2.4.4-3+deb8u1fixed
stretch2.6.6-3fixed
buster2.8.8-9fixed
bullseye3.0.8-2fixed
bookworm3.0.21-1fixed
sid, trixie3.0.24-5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gdcmsourcesqueeze(not affected)
gdcmsourcejessie2.4.4-3+deb8u1
gdcmsource(unstable)2.6.2-1

Notes

[wheezy] - gdcm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - gdcm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
http://census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-buffer-overflow-imageregionreaderreadintobuffer/
http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/gdcm/ci/0f6f82052484774d072784f32105cecc79c45c19/
http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/gdcm/ci/92cd6d7fe0d01c61cf68ac4ef65ef388ee252415/
http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/gdcm/ci/9cbca25ff7f20c432b61eb9f4cae43a946502b66/
http://sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/gdcm/ci/e0dd1114c82d372dd905c029ddbee4e81ed01a89/

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