{"id":"CVE-2026-44038","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-44038","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:32:08.760Z","title":"A global out-of-bounds read in the Huffman decoder of the bundled IJG JPEG libraries (dcmjpeg/libijg8, libijg12 and libijg16) of OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0 allows an attacker to read memory beyond the extend_test[] and extend_offset[] tables, causing incorrectly…","description":"A global out-of-bounds read in the Huffman decoder of the bundled IJG JPEG libraries (dcmjpeg/libijg8, libijg12 and libijg16) of OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0 allows an attacker to read memory beyond the extend_test[] and extend_offset[] tables, causing incorrectly decoded pixel data or a crash, via a DICOM file with a crafted JPEG stream whose Huffman table defines a difference category above 15. Huffman symbol values are not range-checked unless DCMTK is built with DCMTK_ENABLE_STRICT_HUFFMAN_TABLE_CHECK, which is disabled by default. dcmdjpeg and any application that decompresses JPEG DICOM images with DCMTK are affected. The issue is fixed in commit d6ae1bc8d5b9ae9c7300013c8c85cc2ea0fd8cf5.","published":"2026-10-08T13:17:18.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-08T21:10:00.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"33c584b5-0579-4c06-b2a0-8d8329fcab9c","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":4.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00107,"percentile":0.01132,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-09","score":0.00107,"percentile":0.01072}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-08T13:17:18.000Z","detail":{"score":"4.8","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T13:17:17.963Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 4.8)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/d6ae1bc8d5b9ae9c7300013c8c85cc2ea0fd8cf5","source":"33c584b5-0579-4c06-b2a0-8d8329fcab9c"},{"url":"https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1221","source":"33c584b5-0579-4c06-b2a0-8d8329fcab9c"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44038","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}