CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-36855

1.9 LOW Published 2025-10-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-10-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
1.9 LOW — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-121

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in DCMTK up to 3.6.5. The affected element is the function parseQuota of the component dcmqrscp. The manipulation of the argument StorageQuota leads to stack-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.6.6 is sufficient to fix this issue. The identifier of the patch is 0fef9f02e. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Affected configurations

• offis dcmtk (< 3.6.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow weakness

References