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High 8.1HealthcarePublished Jun 28, 2024
CVE-2024-27628Buffer Overflow vulnerability in DCMTK v.3.6.8 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the EctEnhancedCT method component.
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, higher than 54% of scored CVEs.
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Buffer Overflow vulnerability in DCMTK v.3.6.8 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the EctEnhancedCT method component.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-120
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.73% (percentile 54)
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
offis dcmtk offis:dcmtk | 3.6.8 | CISA ADP |
offis dcmtk offis:dcmtk | 3.6.8 | NVD |
References
- https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1108exploit, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/ec52e99e1e33fc39810560421c0833b02da567b3patch
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