What is CVE-2025-25474?

CVE-2025-25474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Offis Dcmtk, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2025-25474?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Offis Dcmtk

CVE-2025-25474

DCMTK v3.6.9+ DEV was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component /dcmimgle/diinpxt.h.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2025-02-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Offis Dcmtk — versions 3.6.9
Debian Linux — versions 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

git.dcmtk.org/ (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-25474?: CVE-2025-25474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Offis Dcmtk, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-25474?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.