CVE-2019-5092 — An exploitable heap out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the UI tag parsi

An exploitable heap out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the UI tag parsing functionality of the DICOM image format of LEADTOOLS 20.0.2019.3.15. A specially crafted DICOM image can cause an offset beyond the bounds of a heap allocation to be written, potentially resulting

01What is this vulnerability?

An exploitable heap out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the UI tag parsing functionality of the DICOM image format of LEADTOOLS 20.0.2019.3.15. A specially crafted DICOM image can cause an offset beyond the bounds of a heap allocation to be written, potentially resulting in code execution. An attacker can specially craft a DICOM image to trigger this vulnerability.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / LEADTOOLS	20.0.2019.3.15

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-12-11T23:47:33.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T19:47:55.957Z

09References

• talosintelligence.com — https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0884