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          "value": "Advisory ID:               SYSS-2026-071\nProduct:                   GDCM (Grassroots DICOM)\nManufacturer:              GDCM Project\nAffected Version(s):       3.3.0\nTested Version(s):         3.3.0\nVulnerability Type:        Format String (CWE-134)\nRisk Level:                Medium\nSolution Status:           Open\nManufacturer Notification: 2026-07-24\nPublic Disclosure:         2026-09-23\nCVE Reference:             Not yet assigned\nAuthor of Advisory:        Matthias Deeg, SySS GmbH\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nOverview:\n\nGDCM (Grassroots DICOM) is an open-source C++ library for reading, writing,\nand processing DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)\nmedical imaging files (see [1]).\n\nThe gdcmFilenameGenerator component, used by the gdcmraw command-line tool\nto generate output filenames for split fragments, is vulnerable to a\nformat string vulnerability. The user-supplied pattern string is used\ndirectly as the format string argument to snprintf() without proper\nvalidation of the format specifiers. Only the count of % characters is\nchecked (exactly one required), but the specifier that follows is not\nvalidated.\n\nAn attacker can supply format specifiers such as \"%n\" to write to arbitrary\nmemory addresses, or \"%s\" to dereference small integers as pointers,\ncausing crashes. Positional parameters like \"%5$x\" can be used to leak\nstack data into generated filenames, enabling information disclosure.\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nVulnerability Details:\n\nThe vulnerable code is in the FilenameGenerator::Generate() function at\nSource/Common/gdcmFilenameGenerator.cxx:94:\n\n  int res = snprintf( internal, internal_len, Pattern.c_str(), i );\n\nThe Pattern string is set by the user via FilenameGenerator::SetPattern().\nIn the gdcmraw command-line tool, the pattern comes directly from the\n- -p/--pattern command-line argument:\n\n  // gdcmraw.cxx:150\n  pattern = optarg;  // user-controlled!\n  // gdcmraw.cxx:353\n  fg.SetPattern( pattern.c_str() );\n\nThe validation in Generate() only counts % characters and requires\nexactly one but does NOT validate what format specifier follows:\n\n  const char *pattern = Pattern.c_str();\n  int num_percent = 0;\n  while( (pattern = strchr( pattern, \u0027%\u0027)) )\n    {\n    ++pattern;\n    ++num_percent;\n    }\n  if ( num_percent != 1 )\n    {\n    gdcmDebugMacro( \"No more than one % in string formatting please\" );\n    return false;\n    }\n\nThis means patterns like \"%s\", \"%x\", \"%5$x\", and \"%n\" all pass validation:\n\n  - \"%s\"  : treats the loop index i as a char* pointer and attempts to\n            dereference it, causing a segmentation fault (information\n            disclosure if the dereferenced memory contains readable data)\n  - \"%x\"  : reads the loop index value as hex and embeds it in the filename\n  - \"%5$x\": positional parameter that skips past the provided argument\n            to the 5th variadic argument on the stack, leaking arbitrary\n            stack data into the generated filename (information disclosure)\n  - \"%n\"  : interprets the loop index i as an int* and writes the number\n            of bytes written so far to that address, enabling arbitrary\n            memory writes and potential remote code execution\n\nThe loop index i is of type SizeType (unsigned long / size_t). When\ninterpreted as a pointer, small index values (0, 1, 2, ...) point to\ninvalid memory addresses, causing immediate segmentation faults. The\n\"%n\" specifier is particularly dangerous as it enables write-what-where\nattacks if the attacker can control the stack layout.\n\nThe exploitability of the vulnerable code with the different shown\noptions depends on on the used compiler settings, for example glibc\u0027s\nFORTIFY_SOURCE.\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nProof of Concept (PoC):\n\nUsing the format specifier \"%s\" in combination with a multi-fragment\nDICOM file leads to a segmentation fault as the loop index gets interpreted\nas char* pointer. When the loop counter is 1, snprintft() attempts to\nread from address 0x1.\n\ngdcmraw -i multifrag.dcm -o output_ --split-frags -p \u0027%s\u0027\n\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nSolution:\n\nSySS GmbH is not aware of a security update for the described issue.\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nDisclosure Timeline:\n\n2026-07-24: Vulnerability reported to manufacturer\n2026-07-31: Vulnerability reported to manufacturer again\n2026-09-23: Public release of security advisory\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nReferences:\n\n[1] GDCM project website\n    https://gdcm.sourceforge.net/\n[2] SySS Security Advisory SYSS-2026-071\n\n[3] SySS GmbH, SySS Responsible Disclosure Policy\n    https://www.syss.de/en/responsible-disclosure-policy\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nCredits:\n\nThis security vulnerability was found by Matthias Deeg of SySS GmbH with\nthe assistance of SySS AI.\n\nE-Mail: matthias.deeg (at) syss.de\n\nKey fingerprint = D1F0 A035 F06C E675 CDB9 0514 D9A4 BF6A 34AD 4DAB\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nDisclaimer:\n\nThe information provided in this security advisory is provided \"as is\"\nand without warranty of any kind. Details of this security advisory may\nbe updated in order to provide as accurate information as possible. The\nlatest version of this security advisory is available on the SySS website.\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nCopyright:\n\nCreative Commons - Attribution (by) - Version 4.0\nURL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en\n\n_______________________________________________\nSent through the Full Disclosure mailing list\nhttps://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure\nWeb Archives \u0026 RSS: https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/"
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