Name: CVE-2015-8979: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-8979, CWE-119, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00659

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parsePresentationContext function in storescp in DICOM dcmtk-3.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long string sent to TCP port 4242.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade dcmtk	Dec 30, 2016	Dec 29, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libdcmtk14 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade dcmtk (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libdcmtk5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libdcmtk12 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libdcmtk17Upgrade libdcmtk16 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade dcmtk	Mar 22, 2023	Feb 15, 2017

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CVSS Details

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