CVE-2021-41689NULL Pointer Dereference in Dcmtk

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 28
Latest updateJul 8

Description

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle string copy properly. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program, it would query its database and copy the result even if the result is null, which can incur a head-based overflow. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

debiandebian/dcmtk< dcmtk 3.6.7-1 (bookworm)
Debianoffis/dcmtk< 3.6.5-1+deb11u1+3
Ubuntuoffis/dcmtk< 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1+11
NVDoffis/dcmtk3.6.6

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
dcmtk regression2025-07-08
OSV
dcmtk vulnerabilities2024-09-17
OSV
dcmtk vulnerabilities2023-02-22
GHSA
GHSA-558h-5pv9-xxg9: DCMTK through 32022-06-29
OSV
CVE-2021-41689: DCMTK through 32022-06-28

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
DCMTK regression2025-07-08
Ubuntu
DCMTK vulnerabilities2024-09-17
Ubuntu
DCMTK vulnerabilities2023-02-22
Debian
CVE-2021-41689: dcmtk - DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle string copy properly. Sending specific reque...2021
CVE-2021-41689 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Dcmtk | cvebase