VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-41687

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-06-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Primary references