DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36855

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36855
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36855.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36855
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2025-10-21T15:15:36.750Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:14:48.718413Z
Severity
  • 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

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

Debian:11 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.5-1+deb11u5

Affected versions

3.*

3.6.5-1
3.6.5-1+deb11u1
3.6.5-1+deb11u2
3.6.5-1+deb11u3
3.6.5-1+deb11u4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}