CVE-2021-41690
HIGHDCMTK < 3.6.6 - Denial of Service via Memory Leak in dcmqrdb
Title source: llmDescription
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 (4)
Core 4
Core References
Product, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.html
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