CVE-2015-8979: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Dicom Dcmtk: up to and including 3.6.0

Published 2017-02-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.