Is CVE-2025-53618 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-53618 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-53618?

CVE-2025-53618 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.4 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-53618?

CVE-2025-53618 has an EPSS score of 0.21% (12th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-53618?

Upgrade gdcm on debian 11 to 3.0.8-2+deb11u1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-53618

HIGH

7.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the JPEGBITSCodec::InternalCode functionality of Grassroot DICOM 3.024. A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to an information leak. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.The function `grayscale_convert` is called based of the value of the malicious DICOM file specifying the intended interpretation of the image pixel data

CWE-119Buffer Overflow CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

gdcmDebian

Fixed in:3.0.8-2+deb11u1CVE-2025-53618

Fixed in:3.0.24-11CVE-2025-53618

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

12thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 12% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

talosintelligence.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-01-02.