Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 923
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 923

Debian 11: DLA-4443-1 DCMTK Important MemCorruption SegFault CVE-2025-14607

debian lts
Calendar Grey January 19, 2026
Dist Debian Esm H88
Two vulnerabilities in DCMTK affect medical image processing; upgrades are necessary to mitigate security risks.
Two vulnerabilities have been addressed in DCMTK, a collection of libraries and applications implementing large parts of the DICOM standard for medical images
Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory debian memory corruption important segmentation fault dcmtk

Summary

CVE-2025-14607

Possible memory corruption caused by illegal attributes in datasets which
are processed by DcmByteString functions.

CVE-2025-14841

Invalid messages sent to dcmqrscp, the Image Central Test Node, may
trigger a segmentation fault due to a NULL pointer being de-referenced.

For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version
3.6.5-1+deb11u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your dcmtk packages.

For the detailed security status of dcmtk please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/dcmtk

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Package: dcmtk
Version: 3.6.5-1+deb11u6
CVE ID: CVE-2025-14607 CVE-2025-14841
Debian Bug: 1122926 1123584

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory debian memory corruption important segmentation fault dcmtk

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here