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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Permissions Required, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.336283
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.336283
Permissions Required, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.705036
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1184
Various Sources related
https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/projects/dcmtk/activity?from=2025-12-02
Various Sources patch
https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/versions/19
Scores
CVSS v3
6.3
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
32.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (11)
OFFIS/DCMTK
3.6.0
OFFIS/DCMTK
3.6.1
OFFIS/DCMTK
3.6.2
OFFIS/DCMTK
3.6.3
OFFIS/DCMTK
3.6.4
OFFIS/DCMTK
3.6.5
OFFIS/DCMTK
3.6.6
OFFIS/DCMTK
3.6.7
OFFIS/DCMTK
3.6.8
OFFIS/DCMTK
3.6.9
... and 1 more
Published
Dec 13, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026