Is CVE-2026-5442 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-5442 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-5442?

CVE-2026-5442 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-5442?

CVE-2026-5442 has an EPSS score of 0.60% (44th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-5442

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the DICOM image decoder. Dimension fields are encoded using Value Representation (VR) Unsigned Long (UL), instead of the expected VR Unsigned Short (US), which allows extremely large dimensions to be processed. This causes an integer overflow during frame size calculation and results in out-of-bounds memory access during image decoding.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

44thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 44% of all known CVEs.

References

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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 2026-04-14.