High 7.5HealthcarePublished Feb 17, 2025

CVE-2025-25475A NULL pointer dereference in the component /libsrc/dcrleccd.cc of DCMTK v3.6.9+ DEV allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted DICOM file.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 2:30 AM ET)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.59%, higher than 48% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

A NULL pointer dereference in the component /libsrc/dcrleccd.cc of DCMTK v3.6.9+ DEV allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted DICOM file.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.59% (percentile 48)
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Nov 3, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 12, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

offis dcmtk offis:dcmtk	3.6.9	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	11.0	NVD

References

References

https://git.dcmtk.org/?p=dcmtk.git;a=commit;h=bffa3e9116abb7038b432443f16b1bd390e80245	patch
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/bffa3e9116abb7038b432443f16b1bd390e80245	patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00025.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory

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