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
Link Resource
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk Product Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb Patch Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon 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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cve-icon 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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