CVE-2021-41690

HIGH

DCMTK < 3.6.6 - Denial of Service via Memory Leak in dcmqrdb

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 0.0128
EPSS Percentile 66.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (1)
offis/dcmtk < 3.6.6
Published Jun 28, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026