VDB
CVE-2021-41690
CVE-2021-41690
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 1.74% · 76.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
1.74%
76.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| offis | dcmtk | 0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Jun 28, 2022 CVE Published
- Jun 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 6, 2022 CVE Updated
- Aug 17, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Feb 24, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk url
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb url
- [debian-lts-announce] 20240628 [SECURITY] [DLA 3847-1] dcmtk security update mailing-list
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00032.html url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41690 advisory