CVE-ID

CVE-2015-8979

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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parsePresentationContext function in storescp in DICOM dcmtk-3.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long string sent to TCP port 4242.
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20161217 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161217)
Votes (Legacy)
Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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