What is CVE-2025-48429?

CVE-2025-48429 is a high-severity vulnerability in Grassroot Dicom, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2025-12-16.

How severe is CVE-2025-48429?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Grassroot Dicom

CVE-2025-48429

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RLECodec::DecodeByStreams functionality of Grassroot DICOM 3.024. A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to leaking heap data. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2025-12-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

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

Affected products

Grassroot Dicom — versions 3.024
Malaterre Grassroots Dicom — versions 3.0.24

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2214 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-48429?: CVE-2025-48429 is a high-severity vulnerability in Grassroot Dicom, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2025-12-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-48429?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.