Description
A flaw has been found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.7.0. The affected element is the function XMLNode::parseFile in the library ofstd/libsrc/ofxml.cc. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called 1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 4.0
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
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
Physical
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
E
Physical
RL
O
RC
Changed
Affected products
References
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/vuln/372599
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/vuln/372599/cti
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-12805
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/submit/836273
- MISChttps://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1208
- MISChttps://git.dcmtk.org/?p=dcmtk.git;a=commit;h=1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105b
- MISChttps://medium.com/@faboherrera.fabo/dcmtk-vulnerability-report-201afc687790
- PATCHhttps://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105b