Is CVE-2015-8979 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-8979 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-8979?

CVE-2015-8979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-8979?

CVE-2015-8979 has an EPSS score of 3.91% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8979?

Upgrade dcmtk on debian 11 to 3.6.1~20160216-2 or later. Fixes are available for 7 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-8979

HIGHEPSS 89th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parsePresentationContext function in storescp in DICOM dcmtk-3.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long string sent to TCP port 4242.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

dcmtkDebian

Fixed in:3.6.1~20160216-2CVE-2015-8979

dcmtkUbuntu

Fixed in:3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.7-6ubuntu0.1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk12Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk14Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk16Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk17Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.7-6ubuntu0.1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk5Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.91%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.