Grassroot DICOM 3.024 DICOM File Parser grayscale_convert memory corruption

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Grassroot DICOM 3.024. The affected element is the function grayscale_convert of the component DICOM File Parser. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-53618. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Grassroot DICOM 3.024 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function grayscale_convert of the component DICOM File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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

It is possible to read the advisory at talosintelligence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-53618 since 07/07/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/02/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 278974 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-53618), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (278974). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Grassroot

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• DICOM

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• 3.024

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