CVE-2021-41690

HIGH

Offis Dcmtk < 3.6.6 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 33.8%
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