Dicom maintains a narrowly scoped toolkit for medical imaging interoperability, with observed vulnerabilities centered on its DCMTK library, a widely embedded component for DICOM protocol parsing and image handling. The recurring signal involves memory-buffer handling weaknesses, reflecting the low-level data-processing demands inherent to medical image manipulation and network protocol implementation. Current severity, exploitation, and exposure metrics are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Dicom over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).
1 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2015-8979HIGH 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 | Feb 15, 2017 | 7.5 | 20 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).
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