# CVE-2025-9732: DCMTK dcm2img diybrpxt.h memory corruption

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2025-08-31 · Updated: 2025-09-02

## Affected

- n/a DCMTK: 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.5, 3.6.6, 3.6.7, 3.6.8, 3.6.9

## Description

A vulnerability was identified in DCMTK up to 3.6.9. This affects an unknown function in the library dcmimage/include/dcmtk/dcmimage/diybrpxt.h of the component dcm2img. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is 7ad81d69b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a DCMTK, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.322023
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.322023
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.639772
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/7ad81d69b

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