cve-2021-41688
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-06-28 09:44
Modified
2024-08-04 03:15
Severity ?
Summary
DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The object in the program is free but its address is still used in other locations. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program will incur a double free. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtkProduct, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cbPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtkProduct, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cbPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.html
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