Vulnerability · Published Jun 30, 2026 · Assigned by icscert

CVE-2026-35505OFFIS DCMTK Toolkit Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity memory leak in DCMTK Toolkit from OFFIS DICOM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 48.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An unauthenticated remote attacker can repeatedly send crafted connection requests to leak memory. In single-process deployments the memory grows until the service is killed and the port stops responding until restart.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12dcmtkno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-35505
Debian:13dcmtk3.6.9-5+deb13u3DEBIAN-CVE-2026-35505
Debian:14dcmtk3.7.0+really3.7.0-7DEBIAN-CVE-2026-35505
Ubuntu:25.10dcmtkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-35505
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSdcmtkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-35505
Ubuntu:26.10dcmtkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-35505

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
OFFIS DICOM DCMTK Toolkit 0 – through 3.7.0

Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References