CVE-2015-8979 — Dcmtk vulnerability
3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHOSV
No vectorEPSS
1.6%
top 18.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 22
Description
Title: DCMTK vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in DCMTK.
Gjoko Krstic discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled buffers. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8979)
Omar Ganiev discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled buffers. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into …