UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8396

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8396
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8396.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8396
Upstream
Published
2016-01-12T20:59:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T10:21:21.114374Z
Severity
  • 10.0 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer overflow in the ImageRegionReader::ReadIntoBuffer function in MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmImageRegionReader.cxx in Grassroots DICOM (aka GDCM) before 2.6.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted header dimensions in a DICOM image file, which triggers a buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / gdcm

Package

Name
gdcm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gdcm@2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1

Affected versions

2.*
2.2.3-2ubuntu3
2.2.3-2ubuntu4
2.2.4-1.1ubuntu1
2.2.4-1.1ubuntu2
2.2.4-1.1ubuntu3
2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgdcm-cil",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgdcm-java",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgdcm-tools",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgdcm2.2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvtkgdcm-cil",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvtkgdcm-java",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvtkgdcm-tools",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvtkgdcm2.2",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "php5-gdcm",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "php5-vtkgdcm",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-gdcm",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-vtkgdcm",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4+esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8396.json"