openSUSE: dcmtk Moderate Memory Issues Segmentation Faults 2026:0005-1
opensuse
January 9, 2026
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.
Description
This update for dcmtk fixes the following issues:
- Update to 3.7.0. See docs/CHANGES.370 for the full list of changes
* CVE-2025-14841: invalid messages may trigger a segmentation fault due
to a NULL pointer dereference (boo#1255292).
* CVE-2025-14607: manipulation to component dcmdata could lead to memory
corruption (boo#1255464).
- Avoid unnecessary dependencies (boo#1254123):
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2026-5=1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2026-5=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
dcmtk-3.7.0-bp157.3.6.1
dcmtk-debuginfo-3.7.0-bp157.3.6.1
dcmtk-debugsource-3.7.0-bp157.3.6.1
dcmtk-devel-3.7.0-bp157.3.6.1
libdcmtk20-3.7.0-bp157.3.6.1
libdcmtk20-debuginfo-3.7.0-bp157.3.6.1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
dcmtk-3.7.0-bp156.4.15.1
dcmtk-devel-3.7.0-bp156.4.15.1
libdcmtk20-3.7.0-bp156.4.15.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14607.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14841.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254123
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255292
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255464
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0005-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7
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Topics Covered
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