What is CVE-2024-52333?

CVE-2024-52333 is a high-severity vulnerability in Offis Dcmtk, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2025-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-52333?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Offis Dcmtk

CVE-2024-52333

An improper array index validation vulnerability exists in the determineMinMax functionality of OFFIS DCMTK 3.6.8. A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to an out-of-bounds write. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2025-01-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Offis Dcmtk — versions 3.6.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2121 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
git.dcmtk.org/ (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52333?: CVE-2024-52333 is a high-severity vulnerability in Offis Dcmtk, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2025-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-52333?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.