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dcmtk — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14607

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.

Products
dcmtk
Affected versions
3.6.7-8, 3.6.7-9~deb12u1, 3.6.7-9~deb12u2, 3.6.7-9~deb12u3, 3.6.9-5, 3.6.9-6, 3.7.0+really3.6.9-1, 3.7.0+really3.7.0-0+exp1, 3.7.0-1
Fixed versions
3.6.7-9~deb12u4, 3.6.9-5+deb13u1, 3.7.0+really3.7.0-1
CVEs
CVE-2025-14607
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14607

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Dec 2025, 16:16 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14607

dcmtk

Fixed versions: 3.6.7-9~deb12u4

dcmtk

Fixed versions: 3.6.9-5+deb13u1

dcmtk

Fixed versions: 3.7.0+really3.7.0-1

Complete source record
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