dcmtk — security advisory
A vulnerability was identified in DCMTK up to 3.6.9. This affects an unknown function in the library dcmimage/include/dcmtk/dcmimage/diybrpxt.h of the component dcm2img. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is 7ad81d69b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
- Products
- dcmtk
- Affected versions
- 3.6.7-8, 3.6.7-9~deb12u1, 3.6.7-9~deb12u2, 3.6.7-9~deb12u3, 3.6.9-5
- Fixed versions
- 3.6.7-9~deb12u4, 3.6.9-5+deb13u1, 3.6.9-6
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-9732
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A vulnerability was identified in DCMTK up to 3.6.9. This affects an unknown function in the library dcmimage/include/dcmtk/dcmimage/diybrpxt.h of the component dcm2img. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is 7ad81d69b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9732
dcmtk
Fixed versions: 3.6.7-9~deb12u4
dcmtk
Fixed versions: 3.6.9-5+deb13u1
dcmtk
Fixed versions: 3.6.9-6
Complete source record
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