CVE-2026-50254 | An unauthenticated remote attacker can repeatedly send a sin… | CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Description

An unauthenticated remote attacker can repeatedly send a single crafted connection request to leak memory. Against storescp in its default single-process mode, memory grows quickly and the service is eventually killed, after which it stops accepting connections until an operator restarts it.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-50254
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: icscert
Reserved: 2026-06-22 17:03 UTC
Published: 2026-06-30 21:14 UTC
Last updated: 2026-06-30 21:14 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-401
CWE-401 Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
Vendor / Product: OFFIS DICOM / DCMTK Toolkit
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1

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

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
OFFIS DICOM	DCMTK Toolkit	—	0 ≤ 3.7.0

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-401	cna	CWE-401 Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSS scores (2)

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

References (3)