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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.7

CVE-2024-23914 json

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in Merge DICOM Toolkit C/C++ on Windows.

published 2024-05-03 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-21344

cvss
5.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in Merge DICOM Toolkit C/C++ on Windows.

When MC_Open_Association() function is used to open DICOM Association and gets DICOM Application Context Name with illegal characters, it might result in an unhandled exception.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Merative Merge DICOM Toolkit C/C++
  • merative merge_dicom_toolkit_c_c\+\+

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.