What is CVE-2015-8397?

CVE-2015-8397 is a high-severity vulnerability in Malaterre Grassroots Dicom, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2016-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2015-8397?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Malaterre Grassroots Dicom

CVE-2015-8397

The JPEGLSCodec::DecodeExtent function in MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmJPEGLSCodec.cxx in Grassroots DICOM (aka GDCM) before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an embedded JPEG-LS image with dimensions larger than the selected region in a (1) two-dimensional or (2) three-dimensional DICOM image file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-01-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.036 (89.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Malaterre Grassroots Dicom

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/135206/GDCM-2.6.0-2.6.1-Out-Of-Bounds-Read.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34670701/ (mailing-list, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/gdcm/ci/e547b1ded3fd21e0b0ad149f13045aa12d4b9b7c/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
sourceforge.net/p/gdcm/mailman/message/34687533/ (mailing-list, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537263/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/33 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
census-labs.com/news/2016/01/11/gdcm-out-bounds-read-jpeglscodec-decodeextent/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8397?: CVE-2015-8397 is a high-severity vulnerability in Malaterre Grassroots Dicom, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2016-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2015-8397?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.