OFFIS DCMTK and DICOM Projects

2026-04-11

12:12 DCMTK Feature #1204 (New): Add flag/option to ignore SR template constraints

Now that the root concept name of an SR document is checked (if the document is based on an SR template and the DICOM... Jörg Riesmeier

2026-04-10

17:09 DCMTK Feature #1203 (New): Remove DCMTK specific implementations of STL classes

For DCMTK 3.7.2, the DCMTK specific implementations of STL classes such as string, list, vector, stack etc. should be... Marco Eichelberg

17:07 DCMTK Feature #1202 (Closed): Remove C++98 support and enable STL by default

In DCMTK 3.7.1, support for C++ 98, which is already deprecated, should be completely removed. A C++ language level o... Marco Eichelberg

13:48 DCMTK Feature #570: Check whether the use of DcmSequenceOfItems::getItem(index) could be enhanced (or avoided?)

See commit f58412bf8: Improved performance of DcmList::seek_to(). Jörg Riesmeier

11:02 DCMTK Feature #362 (Feedback): Unterstützung von "UUID as UID"

Please take a look at suggested changes in attached 'diff'. Harald Roesen

2026-04-09

18:11 DCMTK Bug #1201 (Closed): Concatenation creation fails on Big Endian 16 Bit data

Fixed with commit c028eab. Michael Onken

18:09 DCMTK Bug #1201 (Closed): Concatenation creation fails on Big Endian 16 Bit data

When creating Concatenations with 16 bit pixel data (VR OW) on Big Endian machines, the resulting pixel is byte-swapp... Michael Onken

2026-04-07

10:33 DCMTK Bug #1194: OS command injection vulnerability in storescp --exec-on-reception

This issue has been assigned CVE number CVE-2026-5663 (https://vuldb.com/vuln/355486).
Marco Eichelberg

2026-04-04

14:45 DCMTK Bug #1191 (Closed): Stack Overflow via Deeply Nested DICOM Sequences

Closed with commit 885ff0f10. Michael Onken

09:06 DCMTK Bug #1188 (Closed): Assertion failure in JPEG-LS encoder

Closed by commit #08c4c8734.
Marco Eichelberg

2026-04-02

18:26 DCMTK Feature #1200 (New): Functionality to get tag path for a given element

A "user on StackOverflow":https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79652444/getting-the-tag-path-of-a-particular-dcmelemen... Michael Onken

14:35 DCMTK Bug #1199 (Closed): Security Vulnerability Report: Remote Heap Buffer Overflow in dcmqrscp (deleteOldestImages)

Report by email from "elp3pinill0" (2026-03-29):
=== CUT ===
I am writing to report a critical security vulnera... Jörg Riesmeier