CVE-2021-41688

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.5

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.14

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
OFFIS DICOM toolkit command line utilities (USN-7010-1) dcmtk_3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb	Linux
OFFIS DICOM toolkit command line utilities (USN-7010-1) libdcmtk14_3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234