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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2024-27628 json

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in DCMTK v.3.6.8 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the EctEnhancedCT method component.

published 2024-06-28 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-24822

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in DCMTK v.3.6.8 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the EctEnhancedCT method component.

Patch / fix

  • dcmtk Debian 12 3.6.7-9~deb12u2
  • dcmtk Debian 14, Debian 13 3.6.8-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27628

  • dcmtk Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 3.6.9-bp156.4.3.1
  • dcmtk openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.6.8-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:0053-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14514-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-27628 updated cvss 7.4

dcmtk: Buffer Overflow via the EctEnhancedCT method

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • support.dcmtk.org https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1108 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • offis dcmtk

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

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.