ubuntu-cve-2024-29421
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-05-22 18:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:09
Summary
Details
xmedcon 0.23.0 and fixed in v.0.24.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via libs/dicom/basic.c which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libmdc2",
"binary_version": "0.14.1-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "medcon",
"binary_version": "0.14.1-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "xmedcon",
"binary_version": "0.14.1-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
"name": "xmedcon",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon@0.14.1-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.13.0-2",
"0.14.1-1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libmdc2",
"binary_version": "0.14.1-2"
},
{
"binary_name": "medcon",
"binary_version": "0.14.1-2"
},
{
"binary_name": "xmedcon",
"binary_version": "0.14.1-2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "xmedcon",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon@0.14.1-2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.14.1-1build1",
"0.14.1-2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libmdc3",
"binary_version": "0.16.1+dfsg-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "medcon",
"binary_version": "0.16.1+dfsg-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "xmedcon",
"binary_version": "0.16.1+dfsg-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "xmedcon",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon@0.16.1+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.16.1+dfsg-1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libmdc3",
"binary_version": "0.21.2+dfsg-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "medcon",
"binary_version": "0.21.2+dfsg-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "xmedcon",
"binary_version": "0.21.2+dfsg-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "xmedcon",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon@0.21.2+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.16.3+dfsg-1",
"0.21.2+dfsg-1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libmdc3t64",
"binary_version": "0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build3"
},
{
"binary_name": "medcon",
"binary_version": "0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build3"
},
{
"binary_name": "xmedcon",
"binary_version": "0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build3"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
"name": "xmedcon",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon@0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build3?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1",
"0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build1",
"0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build2",
"0.23.0-gtk3+dfsg-1.1build3"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libmdc3t64",
"binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "medcon",
"binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "xmedcon",
"binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
"name": "xmedcon",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon@0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.24.0-gtk3+dfsg-2",
"0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libmdc3t64",
"binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1build1"
},
{
"binary_name": "medcon",
"binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1build1"
},
{
"binary_name": "xmedcon",
"binary_version": "0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1build1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
"name": "xmedcon",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmedcon@0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1build1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1",
"0.25.1-gtk3+dfsg-1build1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "xmedcon 0.23.0 and fixed in v.0.24.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via libs/dicom/basic.c which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29421",
"modified": "2026-05-20T15:09:00Z",
"published": "2024-05-22T18:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-29421"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29421"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/SpikeReply/advisories/blob/530dbd7ce68600a22c47dd1bcbe360220feda1d9/cve/xmedcon/cve-2024-29421.md"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2024-29421"
]
}
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