CVE-2025-14607: OFFIS DCMTK dcmdata dcbytstr.cc makeDicomByteString memory corruption

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-12-13 · updated 2026-10-07
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

A vulnerability was detected in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9. Affected by this issue is the function DcmByteString::makeDicomByteString of the file dcmdata/libsrc/dcbytstr.cc of the component dcmdata. The manipulation results in memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 3.7.0 can resolve this issue. The patch is identified as 4c0e5c10079392c594d6a7abd95dd78ac0aa556a. You should upgrade the affected component.

Affected products

OFFIS DCMTK: 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.5 (+4)

References

https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/4c0e5c10079392c594d6a7abd95dd78ac0aa556a
https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1184
https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/projects/dcmtk/activity?from=2025-12-02
https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/versions/19
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.336283
https://vuldb.com/?id.336283
https://vuldb.com/?submit.705036

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