CVE-2021-41687

HIGH

Offis Dcmtk < 3.6.6 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The program malloc a heap memory for parsing data, but does not free it when error in parsing. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program incur the memory leak. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 39.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (1)

offis/dcmtk < 3.6.6

Timeline

Published Jun 28, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026