Vulnerability CVE-2021-41688


Published: 2022-06-28

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.

Type:

CWE-415

(Double Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Offis -> Dcmtk 

 References:
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb

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