CVE-2021-41690Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Dcmtk

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.91%
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 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.

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-xqr6-h56f-8r2j: DCMTK through 32022-06-29
OSV
CVE-2021-41690: 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-2021-41690: dcmtk - DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The malloced memory fo...2021
CVE-2021-41690 — Debian Dcmtk vulnerability | cvebase