🛡️ CVE-2024-29421

🟡 CVSS 6.2 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-121 NVD

6.2

CVSS Score

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Description

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-29421 is classified as CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow. An oversized write to a stack buffer overwrites saved state such as return addresses, which can redirect execution.

Affected software

CVE-2024-29421 is recorded against 1 package.

unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 22 May 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
github.com

CVE-2024-29421 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Debian Ubuntu

Details

Severity MEDIUM

CVSS Score 6.2

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

CWE CWE-121

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2024-05-22

Updated 2026-08-11

Modified 2026-06-17

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
unknown	—	—

References

https://github.com/SpikeReply/advisories/blob/530dbd7ce68600a22c47dd1bcbe360220feda1d9/cve/xmedcon/cve-2024-29421.md

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