CVE-2013-6825: Offis Dcmtk

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

(1) movescu.cc and (2) storescp.cc in dcmnet/apps/, (3) dcmnet/libsrc/scp.cc, (4) dcmwlm/libsrc/wlmactmg.cc, (5) dcmprscp.cc and (6) dcmpsrcv.cc in dcmpstat/apps/, (7) dcmpstat/tests/msgserv.cc, and (8) dcmqrdb/apps/dcmqrscp.cc in DCMTK 3.6.1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of processes.

Affected products

• Offis Dcmtk: up to and including 3.6.1; version 3.5.1 only; version 3.5.2 only; version 3.5.2a only; version 3.5.3 only; version 3.5.4 only; …

Published 2014-06-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.