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CVE-2026-44038: DCMTK 3.7.0
CVE-2026-44038. CVSS 3.1 base score 4.4 (MEDIUM, Source advisory).
Affected technology
DCMTK · 3.7.0
OFFIS
Component: dcmjpeg
File: dcmjpeg/libijg8/jdshuff.c, dcmjpeg/libijg12/jdshuff.c, dcmjpeg/libijg16/jdshuff.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 4.0): Local · No privileges required · Passive user interaction
What an attacker can do
An attacker can read memory beyond the extend_test[] and extend_offset[] tables, causing incorrectly decoded pixel data or a crash, via a DICOM file with a crafted JPEG stream whose Huffman table defines a difference category above 15. Source advisory’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 4.8/10) rates confidentiality and availability impact as low; integrity impact as none.
- CWE
- CWE-125
- CCR priority
- 17.6 /100 (P5)
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L · Source advisory
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 18:27:24.781324+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 17:32:11.049884+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-44038.html