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Update to a DCMTK version that contains commit 87f256d73e30656a822bf7d76d1cf1d9bb693954. As of the publication date, no tagged release after DCMTK 3.7.0 includes this fix, so apply the commit or build from the current master branch.
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Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Uncontrolled mutual recursion between DcmXMLParseHelper::parseDataSet() and DcmXMLParseHelper::parseSequence() in the XML-to-DICOM converter (dcmdata/libdcxml/xml2dcm.cc) of OFFIS DCMTK 3.7.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion and process crash) via a crafted XML file with deeply nested sequence and item elements. The xml2dcm tool and any service that converts untrusted XML to DICOM with this code are affected. The issue is fixed in commit 87f256d73e30656a822bf7d76d1cf1d9bb693954. | |
| Title | Uncontrolled recursion in DCMTK xml2dcm allows denial of service | |
| First Time appeared |
Offis
Offis dcmtk |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-674 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Offis
Offis dcmtk |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: securin
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-08T17:33:30.439Z
Reserved: 2026-05-05T02:49:00.667Z
Link: CVE-2026-44036
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-08T13:17:17.653
Modified: 2026-10-08T13:17:17.653
Link: CVE-2026-44036
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-08T14:45:17Z
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CWE-674
Uncontrolled Recursion