CVE-2025-36521

MicroDicom DICOM Viewer Out-of-bounds Read

Severity Score

8.6

*CVSS v4

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

MicroDicom DICOM Viewer is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read which may allow an attacker to cause memory corruption within the application. The user must open a malicious DCM file for exploitation.

*Credits: Michael Heinzl reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Requirements

None

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Active

System

Vulnerable | Subsequent

Confidentiality

High

None

Integrity

High

None

Availability

High

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-04-28 CVE Reserved
2025-05-01 CVE Published
2025-05-01 CVE Updated
2025-07-08 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-25-121-01
https://www.microdicom.com/downloads.html

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microdicom Search vendor "Microdicom"		Dicom Viewer Search vendor "Microdicom" for product "Dicom Viewer"				*		-		Affected