Description
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.
Severity (CVSS)
| Base score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| Severity | Medium |
| Version | CVSS 4.0 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| Provided by | CNA |
Weaknesses
- CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow
- CWE-119 — Memory Corruption
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| OFFIS | DCMTK | 3.0; 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4; 3.5; 3.6; 3.7.0 |
References
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/372599 (vdb-entry technical-description)
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/372599/cti (signature permissions-required)
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-12805 (third-party-advisory)
- https://vuldb.com/submit/836273 (third-party-advisory)
- https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1208 (issue-tracking)
- https://git.dcmtk.org/?p=dcmtk.git;a=commit;h=1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105b (patch)
- https://medium.com/@faboherrera.fabo/dcmtk-vulnerability-report-201afc687790 (broken-link exploit)
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105b (patch)
Generated from the official CVE List on 22 Jun 2026 14:43 UTC.