Description
A vulnerability was detected in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9. Affected by this issue is the function DcmByteString::makeDicomByteString of the file dcmdata/libsrc/dcbytstr.cc of the component dcmdata. The manipulation results in memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 3.7.0 can resolve this issue. The patch is identified as 4c0e5c10079392c594d6a7abd95dd78ac0aa556a. You should upgrade the affected component.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 4.0
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)
Low
Integrity (Vulnerable System)
Low
Availability (Vulnerable System)
Low
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)
None
Integrity (Subsequent System)
None
Availability (Subsequent System)
None
E
X
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
E
X
RL
O
RC
Changed
Affected products
References
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/?id.336283
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.336283
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/?submit.705036
- MISChttps://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1184
- MISChttps://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/projects/dcmtk/activity?from=2025-12-02
- PATCHhttps://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/4c0e5c10079392c594d6a7abd95dd78ac0aa556a
- MISChttps://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/versions/19