DCMTK v3.6.9+ DEV was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component /dcmimgle/diinpxt.h.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-25474 is rated Moderate Risk (41.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-12 | 0.27% | 0.21% | -0.06% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 0.17% | 0.27% | +0.10% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 0.17% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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3.9 | 2.5 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-25474 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dcmtk), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-25474 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-25474 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-25474/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-25474 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dcmtk), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-25474 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| offis | dcmtk | 3.6.9 | cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:3.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 11.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |