Vulnerability · CVE-2026-5445
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the function within .
Published Apr 9, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · An out-of-bounds read vulnerability
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No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-5445. EPSS is 0.79%. Act only if a listed version of An out-of-bounds read vulnerability is installed.
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- Severity
- Critical9.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.79%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe orthanc-server/orthanc
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the function within . The lookup-table decoding logic used for images does not validate pixel indices against the lookup table size. Crafted images containing indices larger than the palette size cause the decoder to read beyond allocated lookup table memory and expose heap contents in the output image.
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- cpe orthanc-server/orthancversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-5445
Recommended remediation
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Official advisories
What to do
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Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-5445. EPSS is 0.79%. Act only if a listed version of An out-of-bounds read vulnerability is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. EPSS 0.79%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 9, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the function within . The lookup-table decoding logic used for images does not validate pixel indices against the lookup table size. Crafted images containing indices larger than the palette size cause the decoder to read beyond allocated lookup table memory and expose heap contents in the output image.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the function within . The lookup-table decoding logic used for images does not validate pixel indices against the lookup table size. Crafted images containing indices larger than the palette size cause the decoder to read beyond allocated lookup table memory and expose heap contents in the output image.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-5445
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-5445
30-day exploitation probability 0.8%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-5445
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the function within . The lookup-table decoding logic used for images does not validate pixel indices against the lookup table size. Crafted images containing indices larger t
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.