What is CVE-2025-53618?

CVE-2025-53618 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-2025-53618?

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

Buffer overflow in Grassroot Dicom

CVE-2025-53618

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the JPEGBITSCodec::InternalCode functionality of Grassroot DICOM 3.024. A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to an information leak. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (11.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Grassroot Dicom — versions 3.024
Malaterre Grassroots_dicom — versions 3.0.24

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-53618?: CVE-2025-53618 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-2025-53618?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.