CVE-2026-17264

Opening a crafted DICOM file containing malicious JPEG-compressed pixel data triggers an attacker-controlled heap out-of-bounds write, which may allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.

Published 07 Aug 2026, 00:16 UTC Last modified 07 Aug 2026, 00:16 UTC

5.3

CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM base score

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack profile

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Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Passive

Scope Not assessed

Confidentiality Not assessed

Integrity Not assessed

Availability Not assessed

Affected products

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NVD has not published structured affected-product data for this record.

Weakness classification

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CWECWE-787

Source references

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NVD National Vulnerability Database recordnvd.nist.gov 01 Technical reference ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov 02 Technical reference ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov 03 Technical reference ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov