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High 7.5HealthcarePublished Feb 15, 2017
CVE-2015-8979Stack-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…
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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
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 8.0 | NVD |
dicom dcmtk dicom:dcmtk | through 3.6.0 | NVD |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140191/DCMTK-storescp-DICOM-storage-C-STORE-SCP-Remote-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94951vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, third-party-advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3749vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian, third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/18/2mailing-list, x-refsource-mlist, patch, third-party-advisory
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5384.phpx-refsource-misc, exploit, technical-description, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405919x-refsource-confirm, issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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