CVE-2021-41690
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 28, 2022
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 27, 2021
Description
DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The malloced memory for storing all file information are recorded in a global variable LST and are not freed properly. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program can incur a memory leak. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
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References
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