# CVE-2026-10194: OFFIS DCMTK dcmqrscp dcmqrdbi.cc deleteOldestImages heap-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-05-31 · Updated: 2026-06-03

## Affected

- OFFIS DCMTK: 3.7.0

## Description

A weakness has been identified in OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0. This affects the function DcmQueryRetrieveIndexDatabaseHandle::deleteOldestImages of the file dcmqrdb/libsrc/dcmqrdbi.cc of the component dcmqrscp. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. This patch is called 0f78a4ef6f645ea5530166e445e5436a5de58e75. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OFFIS DCMTK, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/367475
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/367475/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-10194
- https://vuldb.com/submit/821029
- https://git.dcmtk.org/?p=dcmtk.git;a=commit;h=0f78a4ef6f645ea5530166e445e5436a5de58e75

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