CVE-2020-36855
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36855
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36855.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-36855
- Downstream
- Published
- 2025-10-21T15:15:36.750Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-20T11:27:34.232720Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/dcmtk/dcmtk
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/dcmtk/dcmtk
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
CAR96-3.*
CAR96-3.0.1
CAR96-3.0.2
DCMTK-3.*
DCMTK-3.1.0
DCMTK-3.1.1
DCMTK-3.1.2
DCMTK-3.2.0
DCMTK-3.2.1
DCMTK-3.3.0
DCMTK-3.3.1
DCMTK-3.4.0
DCMTK-3.4.1
DCMTK-3.4.2
DCMTK-3.5.0
DCMTK-3.5.1
DCMTK-3.5.2
DCMTK-3.5.2a
DCMTK-3.5.3
DCMTK-3.5.4
DCMTK-3.6.0
DCMTK-3.6.1_20110225
DCMTK-3.6.1_20110519
DCMTK-3.6.1_20110707
DCMTK-3.6.1_20110922
DCMTK-3.6.1_20111208
DCMTK-3.6.1_20120222
DCMTK-3.6.1_20120515
DCMTK-3.6.1_20120831
DCMTK-3.6.1_20121102
DCMTK-3.6.1_20131114
DCMTK-3.6.1_20140617
DCMTK-3.6.1_20150217
DCMTK-3.6.1_20150629
DCMTK-3.6.1_20150924
DCMTK-3.6.1_20160216
DCMTK-3.6.1_20160630
DCMTK-3.6.1_20161102
DCMTK-3.6.1_20170228
DCMTK-3.6.2
DCMTK-3.6.3
DCMTK-3.6.4
DCMTK-3.6.5
DCMTK-3.6.5+_20191213