CVE-2015-8979

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8979
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8979.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8979
Downstream
Published
2017-02-15T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages