DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The program malloc a heap memory for parsing data, but does not free it when error in parsing. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program incur the memory leak. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.
References
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https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk | Product Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb | Patch Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2022-06-28T09:46:23
Updated: 2024-06-28T19:06:07.170889
Reserved: 2021-09-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-41687
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2022-06-28T13:15:10.213
Modified: 2022-07-06T19:44:43.883
Link: CVE-2021-41687
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