CVE-2021-41690 — Missing 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