CVE-2009-3994

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2009-3994 · Published 08/12/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-3994 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting devil (denton woods).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.0%, higher than 94.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
devil denton_woods	`= 1.7.8`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetUID function in src-IL/src/il_dicom.c in DevIL 1.7.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DICOM file.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033806.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033809.html
secunia.com/advisories/37507 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/37955
secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-51 · Vendor Advisory
sourceforge.net/tracker
sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/archive/1/508217/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/37207
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54547

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