CVE-2026-50254CWE-401

OFFIS DCMTK Toolkit Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

High · published June 30, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
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
EPSS
0.00646 · 50.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published
2026-06-30T21:14Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 JUN 21:14Z
    OFFIS DCMTK Toolkit Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
    cvelistv5