CVE-2015-8979 | DICOM DCMTK up to 3.6.0 Port 4242 Service parsePresentationContext memory corruption (Nessus ID 96193 / ID 175925)
A vulnerability was found in DICOM DCMTK up to 3.6.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function parsePresentationContext of the component Port 4242 Service. The manipulation leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-8979. The attack can be initiated remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to apply restrictive firewalling.