CVE-2015-8979

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8979
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-15T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-23T18:17:54
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dicom:dcmtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.6.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405919 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5384.php Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94951 VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/18/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3749 Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140191/DCMTK-storescp-DICOM-storage-C-STORE-SCP-Remote-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8979
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8979
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:48:07 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:56:35 2017-02-15T15:59Z 2017-02-15T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:56:35 2017-02-23T18:17:54 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:56:35 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated