🛡️ CVE-2026-50254 on Ubuntu — dcmtk

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-50254 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package dcmtk. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-50254 is recorded against 1 package.

  • dcmtk

Timeline and source

Published on 30 June 2026 and last revised on 1 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
www.cisa.gov (Report)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector 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
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-30
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-01
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
dcmtk — —

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