CVE-2025-53618 Information disclosure in Grassroot DICOM
An attacker can leak sensitive information by providing a specially crafted DICOM file to Grassroot DICOM software.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-53618?
CVE-2025-53618 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 JPEGBITSCodec::InternalCode functionality of Grassroot DICOM 3.024. A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to an information leak. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.The function `grayscale_convert` is called based of the value of the malicious DICOM file specifying the intended interpretation of the image pixel data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53618?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Malaterre Grassroots Dicom.
How do I fix CVE-2025-53618?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-53618 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53618 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Grassroot DICOM
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-53618, GHSA-r46x-x9h4-p52r, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53618.