CVE-2025-25475

A NULL pointer dereference in the component /libsrc/dcrleccd.cc of DCMTK v3.6.9+ DEV allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted DICOM file.

Published: 2025-02-18 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-25475 is rated Moderate Risk (44.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.53%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-25475

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 2026-06-15 0.24% 0.53% +0.29%
2 2026-03-31 0.28% 0.24% -0.04%
3 2026-03-29 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-25475

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-25475

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-25475

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-25475 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-2025-25475
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-25475
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-25475/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-25475 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-2025-25475

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-25475

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-25475

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