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CVE-2020-36855

Published: Oct 21, 2025

Modified: Oct 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

DCMTK

affected
3.6.0
affected
3.6.1
affected
3.6.2
affected
3.6.3
affected
3.6.4

+2 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-121
CWE-119

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

VDB-329028 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)
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