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.
Problem types
Product status
3.6.1
3.6.2
3.6.3
3.6.4
3.6.5
3.6.6
3.6.7
3.6.8
3.6.9
3.7.0
Timeline
| 2025-12-12: | Advisory disclosed |
| 2025-12-12: | VulDB entry created |
| 2025-12-12: | VulDB entry last update |
Credits
KendrickZou (VulDB User)
References
vuldb.com/?id.336283 (VDB-336283 | OFFIS DCMTK dcmdata dcbytstr.cc makeDicomByteString memory corruption)
vuldb.com/?ctiid.336283 (VDB-336283 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA))
vuldb.com/?submit.705036 (Submit #705036 | OFFIS DCMTK 3.6.9 Buffer Overflow)
support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1184
support.dcmtk.org/...projects/dcmtk/activity?from=2025-12-02
github.com/...ommit/4c0e5c10079392c594d6a7abd95dd78ac0aa556a
support.dcmtk.org/redmine/versions/19
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