Buffer overflow in Denton Woods Devil

CVE-2009-3994

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetUID function in src-IL/src/il_dicom.c in DevIL 1.7.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DICOM file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.070 (94.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2009-3994: held from 0.070 to 0.070.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.070 · newest: 0.070 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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