THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-1010228
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2019-1010228

Dcmtk vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
7.6%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
OFFIS.de DCMTK 3.6.3 and below is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: Possible code execution and confirmed Denial of Service. The component is: DcmRLEDecoder::decompress() (file dcrledec.h, line 122). The attack vector is: Many scenarios of DICOM file processing (e.g. DICOM to image conversion). The fixed version is: 3.6.4, after commit 40917614e.
Affected vendor
Offis
Affected product
Dcmtk
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-07-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-1010228

  • Confirm whether Offis Dcmtk is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-1010228.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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