# CVE-2025-48429: Information disclosure in Grassroot DICOM

> An out-of-bounds read in Grassroot DICOM allows attackers to leak heap data via a malicious DICOM file.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 17 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2025-48429, GHSA-7rw8-4p59-vgjq, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48429

## What is CVE-2025-48429?

CVE-2025-48429 is a high-severity vulnerability in Grassroot DICOM, published on 16 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RLECodec::DecodeByStreams functionality of Grassroot DICOM 3.024. A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to leaking heap data. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48429?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Malaterre Grassroots Dicom.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-48429?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2025-48429 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48429 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Grassroot DICOM

- [CVE-2015-8396](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8396/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-8397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8397/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2025-52582](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52582/): Information disclosure in Grassroot DICOM (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2025-53618](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53618/): Information disclosure in Grassroot DICOM (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2025-53619](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53619/): Information disclosure in Grassroot DICOM (high 7.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-48429 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-48429 is a high-severity vulnerability in Grassroot DICOM, published on 16 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48429 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Grassroot DICOM. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48429/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48429/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48429
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48429
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48429

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48429/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.