CVE-2026-12805
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
A flaw has been found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.7.0. The affected element is the function XMLNode::parseFile in the library ofstd/libsrc/ofxml.cc. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called 1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 1.3–7.5
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affected products (8)
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references (24)
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- https://git.dcmtk.org/?p=dcmtk.git;a=commit;h=1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105bcnnvd
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105bcnnvd
- https://medium.com/@faboherrera.fabo/dcmtk-vulnerability-report-201afc687790cnnvd
- https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1208cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-12805cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/submit/836273cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/372599cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/372599/cticnnvd
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