CVE-2019-1010228 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in OFFIS.de DCMTK versions 3.6.3 and below, specifically within the DcmRLEDecoder::decompress() function. This flaw impacts products like fedoraproject dcmtk and offis dcmtk. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a significant risk, allowing for potential code execution and confirmed Denial of Service through various DICOM file processing scenarios, such as DICOM to image conversion, without requiring user interaction or complex attack conditions. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.