CVE-2026-97059
DCMTK through 3.7.0 contains a heap over-read vulnerability in ConcatenationLoader that copies pixel data frames without validating the PixelData buffer length against the declared NumberOfFrames. Attackers can craft malicious DICOM instances declaring more frames than the buffer contains to trigger heap over-reads that crash the application or leak adjacent heap memory.
CVSS
- Versión: 4.0
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.35%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 26
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access85 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact75 % - Impacto secundario
T1005Data from Local Systemcollection65 %
Vulnerabilidad remota en aplicación DICOM (AV:N/PR:N) sin interacción del usuario. CWE-125 (heap over-read) permite DoS por crash y potencial lectura de memoria adyacente. Impacto: negación de servicio y fuga de datos.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-125
Referencias
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/blob/ccfd10b84ff3c9a40b7b331698aedf06d421fc43/dcmfg/libsrc/concatenationloader.cc#L334-L360
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/blob/ccfd10b84ff3c9a40b7b331698aedf06d421fc43/dcmfg/libsrc/concatenationloader.cc#L399-L430
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/18379d5b8d234977cc30644e9e70d76d89c87285
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/c33790827a192a598d20463af701a8b819f46ec1
- https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1281
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dcmtk-through-3.7.0-heap-over-read-via-numberofframes
JSON original (NVD)
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