VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-41688

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 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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-415

Primary references