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A security vulnerability has been detected in DCMTK up to...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Oct 21, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 21, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 21, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 21, 2025
Last updated Oct 21, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(7th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2020-36855

GHSA ID

GHSA-7w2m-w84v-g952

Source code

No known source code

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