diff -up devil-1.7.8/src-IL/src/il_dicom.c~ devil-1.7.8/src-IL/src/il_dicom.c

--- devil-1.7.8/src-IL/src/il_dicom.c~	2009-03-08 08:10:09.000000000 +0100

+++ devil-1.7.8/src-IL/src/il_dicom.c	2009-12-03 12:07:45.000000000 +0100

@@ -427,9 +427,11 @@ ILboolean GetUID(ILubyte *UID)

 		return IL_FALSE;

 	ValLen = GetLittleUShort();

+	if (ValLen > 64)

+		return IL_FALSE;

 	if (iread(UID, ValLen, 1) != 1)

 		return IL_FALSE;

-	UID[64] = 0;  // Just to make sure that our string is terminated.

+	UID[ValLen] = 0;  // Just to make sure that our string is terminated.

 	return IL_TRUE;

 }