MedDream PACS Server DICOM File Parser stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability has been found in MedDream PACS Server and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component DICOM File Parser. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-3482. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in MedDream PACS Server (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component DICOM File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

MedDream PACS Server DICOM File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of MedDream PACS Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of DICOM files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-25826.

It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-3482 since 04/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-16100). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• MedDream

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• PACS Server

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