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CVE-2015-8979

high

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405919

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94951

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/18/2

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3749

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8833

http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5384.php

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140191/DCMTK-storescp-DICOM-storage-C-STORE-SCP-Remote-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-15

Updated: 2026-05-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00659