CVE-2026-5442

CRITICAL

Heap Buffer Overflow in DICOM Image Decoder via VR UL Dimensions

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 19.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
Orthanc/DICOM Server < 1.12.10
orthanc-server/orthanc < 1.12.11
Published Apr 09, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 09, 2026