NIXPKGS-2026-1955
GitHub issue
published 7 hours ago
OFFIS DCMTK ofxml.cc parseFile heap-based overflow
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CVE-2026-12805
2.1 LOW
- CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
- User Interaction (UI): Passive (P)
- Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): Low (L)
- Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): Low (L)
- Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): Low (L)
- Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
- Exploit Maturity (E): POC (P)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): Passive (P)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): Low (L)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): Low (L)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): Low (L)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
- Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
- Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
- Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
- Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
- Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
- Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
- Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
- Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
- Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
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OFFIS DCMTK ofxml.cc parseFile heap-based overflow
A flaw has been found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.7.0. The affected element is the function XMLNode::parseFile in the library ofstd/libsrc/ofxml.cc. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called 1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
References
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https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1208 issue-tracking
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Ignored references (3)
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Submit #836273 | DCMTK 3.7.0 and below Heap-based Buffer Overflow third-party-advisory
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CVE-2026-12805 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
Affected products
DCMTK
- ==3.7.0
- ==3.6
- ==3.2
- ==3.3
- ==3.5
- ==3.0
- ==3.4
- ==3.1
Package maintainers
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@iimog Markus J. Ankenbrand <iimog@iimog.org>