Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 21, 2026· Updated Jun 23, 2026
CVE-2026-12805
CVE-2026-12805
Description
A flaw has been found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.7.0. The affected element is the function XMLNode::parseFile in the library ofstd/libsrc/ofxml.cc. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called 1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
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Affected products
3- Range: <=3.7.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.dcmtk.orgnvd
- github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/1d4b3815c0987840a983160bfc671fef63a3105bnvd
- medium.com/@faboherrera.fabo/dcmtk-vulnerability-report-201afc687790nvd
- support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1208nvd
- vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-12805nvd
- vuldb.com/submit/836273nvd
- vuldb.com/vuln/372599nvd
- vuldb.com/vuln/372599/ctinvd
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