vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-41688): DCMTK vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 28, 2022
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

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.

Solutions

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