Heap Buffer Overflow in PAM Image Buffer Allocation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PAM image parsing logic. When Orthanc processes a crafted PAM image embedded in a DICOM file, image dimensions are multiplied using 32-bit unsigned arithmetic. Specially chosen values can cause an integer overflow during buffer size calculation, resulting in the allocation of a small buffer followed by a much larger write operation during pixel processing.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-5444
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fpm7-vpjm-5gg2
References
More Orthanc vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-00759 Orthanc Server Missing Authentication for Critical Function CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-04766 Heap Buffer Overflow in DICOM Image Decoder (Palette Color Decode) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-04765 Heap Buffer Overflow in DICOM Image Decoder via VR UL Dimensions CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-16538 Orthanc before 1.12.0 allows authenticated users with access to the Orthanc API to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-04768 Out-of-Bounds Read in DicomImageDecoder (DecodeLookupTable) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-04763 Memory Exhaustion via Unbounded Content-Length CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-5444 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-5444 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fpm7-vpjm-5gg2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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