CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8979
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 8.0
• dicom dcmtk (<= 3.6.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140191/DCMTK-storescp-DICOM-storage-C-STORE-SCP-Remote-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3749 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/18/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94951 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5384.php Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405919 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140191/DCMTK-storescp-DICOM-storage-C-STORE-SCP-Remote-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3749 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/18/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94951 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5384.php Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405919 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry