UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-29421
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421
Upstream
Published
2024-05-22T18:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:17:12.405643608Z
Severity
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

xmedcon 0.23.0 and fixed in v.0.24.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via libs/dicom/basic.c which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
xmedcon

Package

Name
xmedcon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.13.0-2
0.14.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.14.1-1",
            "binary_name": "libmdc2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.14.1-1",
            "binary_name": "medcon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.14.1-1",
            "binary_name": "xmedcon"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
xmedcon

Package

Name
xmedcon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.14.1-1build1
0.14.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.14.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libmdc2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.14.1-2",
            "binary_name": "medcon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.14.1-2",
            "binary_name": "xmedcon"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
xmedcon

Package

Name
xmedcon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.16.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.16.1+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libmdc3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.16.1+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "medcon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.16.1+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "xmedcon"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
xmedcon

Package

Name
xmedcon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.16.3+dfsg-1
0.21.2+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.21.2+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libmdc3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.21.2+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "medcon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.21.2+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "xmedcon"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
xmedcon

Package

Name
xmedcon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1
0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build1
0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build2
0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build3",
            "binary_name": "libmdc3t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build3",
            "binary_name": "medcon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build3",
            "binary_name": "xmedcon"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
xmedcon

Package

Name
xmedcon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.24.0-gtk3+dfsg-2
0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libmdc3t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "medcon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "xmedcon"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
xmedcon

Package

Name
xmedcon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1
0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libmdc3t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1build1",
            "binary_name": "medcon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1build1",
            "binary_name": "xmedcon"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421.json"