CVE-2020-36855
A security vulnerability has been detected in DCMTK up to 3.6.5.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in DCMTK up to 3.6.5. The affected element is the function parseQuota of the component dcmqrscp. The manipulation of the argument StorageQuota leads to stack-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.6.6 is sufficient to fix this issue. The identifier of the patch is 0fef9f02e. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
- CVSS 4.0
- 1.9 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 16th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-121
- Affected
- offis/dcmtk
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://shimo.im/docs/rp3OMVMDPKtjn0km/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.329028Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.329028Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.673137Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://shimo.im/docs/rp3OMVMDPKtjn0km/readExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.