DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41687
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41687
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41687.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41687
- Upstream
- Downstream
- Published
- 2022-06-28T13:15:10Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-15T09:02:34Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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
Affected packages
Debian:12 / dcmtk
Package
- Name
- dcmtk
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source&distro=bookworm
Debian:13 / dcmtk
Package
- Name
- dcmtk
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source&distro=trixie
Debian:14 / dcmtk
Package
- Name
- dcmtk
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source&distro=forky