---
id: CVE-2025-14607
title: A vulnerability was detected in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9
summary: >-
  A vulnerability was detected in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9. Affected by this
  issue is the function DcmByteString::makeDicomByteString of the file
  dcmdata/libsrc/dcbytstr.cc of the component dcmdata. The manipulation results
  in memory corrup…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-119
published: '2025-12-13'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T19:10:00.160'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14607'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/4c0e5c10079392c594d6a7abd95dd78ac0aa556a
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1184'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/projects/dcmtk/activity?from=2025-12-02'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/versions/19'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.336283'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?id.336283'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?submit.705036'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00274
epssPercentile: 0.18072
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T19:44:15.650Z'
---

## Overview

A vulnerability was detected in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9. Affected by this issue is the function DcmByteString::makeDicomByteString of the file dcmdata/libsrc/dcbytstr.cc of the component dcmdata. The manipulation results in memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 3.7.0 can resolve this issue. The patch is identified as 4c0e5c10079392c594d6a7abd95dd78ac0aa556a. You should upgrade the affected component.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.