DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41688

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41688
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41688.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41688
Upstream
Published
2022-06-28T13:15:10Z
Modified
2025-09-19T07:31:50.409598Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.5-1+deb11u1

Affected versions

3.*

3.6.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}