CVE-2020-37120 | Rubo DICOM Viewer 2.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerabili… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

Rubo DICOM Viewer 2.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the DICOM server name input field that allows attackers to overwrite Structured Exception Handler (SEH). Attackers can craft a malicious text file with carefully constructed payload to execute arbitrary code by overwriting SEH and triggering remote code execution.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2020-37120
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 2026-02-03 16:27 UTC
Published: 2026-02-05 16:13 UTC
Last updated: 2026-02-06 20:33 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-121
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Vendor / Product: Rubo Medical Imaging / Rubo DICOM Viewer
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Rubo Medical Imaging	Rubo DICOM Viewer	—	2.0

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-121	cna	Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.4	HIGH	4.0	cna	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References (3)

ExploitDB-48351 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48351
Archived Rubo DICOM Viewer Product Page https://web.archive.org/web/20200109194722/http://www.rubomedical.com/dicom_viewer.html
VulnCheck Advisory: Rubo DICOM Viewer 2.0 - Buffer Overflow (SEH) https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rubo-dicom-viewer-buffer-overflow-seh