CVE-2021-41690

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The malloced memory for storing all file information are recorded in a global variable LST and are not freed properly. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program can incur a memory leak. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk Product Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

06 Jul 2022, 19:43

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-401
CPE cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk - (MISC) https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk - Product, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb - (MISC) https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb - Patch, Third Party Advisory
First Time Offis dcmtk
Offis
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 5.0
v3 : 7.5

28 Jun 2022, 13:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-06-28 13:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:22


NVD link : CVE-2021-41690

Mitre link : CVE-2021-41690

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-41690


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Products Affected

offis

  • dcmtk
CWE
CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime