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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.","status":"published","published":"2019-07-22T16:50:02Z","modified":"2024-08-05T03:07:18.458Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:24.989116Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2019-1970","description":"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). 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If a user or\nan automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially crafted \ninput file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a \ndenial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and \nUbuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1010228)\n\nJinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If a\nuser or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially\ncrafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to \ncause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, \nUbuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-41687,\nCVE-2021-41688, CVE-2021-41689, and CVE-2021-41690)\n\nSharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled\ncertain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening\na certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected \nUbuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2022-2119 and CVE-2022-2120)\n\nSharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled\npointers. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a\ncertain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2022-2121)\n\nIt was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a\nuser or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially\ncrafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to \ncause a denial of service. This issue affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, \nUbuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10.\n(CVE-2022-43272)\n","status":"published","published":"2023-02-22T18:23:35Z","modified":"2026-08-31T17:15:57.740481573Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:16.738762Z"}]}}