CVE-2025-0569
Published: 30 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-0569 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Santesoft Sante Pacs Server. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 16.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-16 (Memory Protection).
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability is a memory corruption flaw in the DCM file parsing logic of Sante PACS Server, tracked as CVE-2025-0569 (ZDI-CAN-25303). It arises from missing validation of untrusted data supplied in DCM files and is classified under CWE-119 and CWE-787, producing a denial-of-service condition on affected systems. The issue received a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and high availability impact.
Remote unauthenticated attackers can trigger the flaw by delivering a malicious DCM file to an exposed Sante PACS Server instance, causing memory corruption that crashes the service and creates a denial-of-service condition. No user interaction or credentials are required.
The single referenced advisory from the Zero Day Initiative does not include mitigation details in the supplied information. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0183 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-1766
Vulnerability details
Sante PACS Server DCM File Parsing Memory Corruption Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Sante PACS Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within…
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the parsing of DCM files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-25303.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Remote unauthenticated exploitation of memory corruption in public-facing PACS server DCM parser directly enables T1190 for initial access resulting in DoS.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation of user-supplied data during DCM file parsing to prevent memory corruption from improper input handling.
Implements memory protections such as address space layout randomization and data execution prevention to mitigate out-of-bounds writes and memory corruption exploits.
Provides vulnerability scanning, flaw identification, and remediation processes to patch the specific DCM parsing memory corruption vulnerability.