OFFIS.de DCMTK 3.6.3 and below is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: Possible code execution and confirmed Denial of Service. The component is: DcmRLEDecoder::decompress() (file dcrledec.h, line 122). The attack vector is: Many scenarios of DICOM file processing (e.g. DICOM to image conversion). The fixed version is: 3.6.4, after commit 40917614e.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-1010228 is rated High Exploit Risk (92/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.57%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.94% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.63% | 7.57% | +6.94% |
| 2 | 2026-03-04 | 0.28% | 0.63% | +0.35% |
| 3 | 2026-02-25 | — | 0.28% | — |
Full EPSS history (20 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2019-1010228 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dcmtk), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-1010228 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2019-1010228 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dcmtk), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 9, released 3, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1010228 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| offis | dcmtk | <= 3.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 29 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 30 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |