PT-2026-31626 · Unknown · Dicomstreamreader

Published 2026-04-09 · Updated 2026-04-10 · CVE-2026-5437

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions DicomStreamReader (affected versions not specified)

Description An out-of-bounds read issue exists in DicomStreamReader when parsing DICOM meta-headers. Processing malformed metadata structures can cause the parser to read beyond the allocated metadata buffer. This is due to insufficient input validation in the parsing logic.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-5437

Affected Products

Dicomstreamreader

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-5437 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5437 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5437 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5437 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5437 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-5437 · Vendor Advisory
• https://orthanc-server.com · Note
• https://machinespirits.de · Note
• https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/536588 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2042349294506643916 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TweetThreatNews/status/2042629956061081702 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2042302819525673364 · Twitter Post