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CVE-2026-44036: DCMTK 3.7.0
CVE-2026-44036. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, Source advisory).
Affected technology
DCMTK · 3.7.0
OFFIS
Component: dcmdata
File: dcmdata/libdcxml/xml2dcm.cc
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 4.0): Local · No privileges required · Passive user interaction
What an attacker can do
An attacker can cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion and process crash) via a crafted XML file with deeply nested sequence and item elements. Source advisory’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 6.8/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-674
- CCR priority
- 22.0 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · Source advisory
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 18:27:24.781324+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 18:34:48.508309+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-44036.html