CVE-2025-14841 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in Dcmtk

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
4.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Offis DcmtkDebian Dcmtk
Timeline
PublishedDec 18

Description

A flaw has been found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9. The impacted element is the function DcmQueryRetrieveIndexDatabaseHandle::startFindRequest/DcmQueryRetrieveIndexDatabaseHandle::startMoveRequest in the library dcmqrdb/libsrc/dcmqrdbi.cc of the component dcmqrscp. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. The attack requires local access. Upgrading to version 3.7.0 is sufficient to resolve this issue. Patch name: ffb1a4a37d2c876e3feeb31df4930f2aed7fa030. You should upgrade the affected c…

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianoffis/dcmtk< 3.6.5-1+deb11u6
▶CVEListV5offis/dcmtk10 versions+9
▶debiandebian/dcmtk< dcmtk 3.6.5-1+deb11u6 (bullseye)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jjrw-wx9c-5386: A flaw has been found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3↗2025-12-18
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OSV
CVE-2025-14841: A flaw has been found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3↗2025-12-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2025-14841: dcmtk - A flaw has been found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9. The impacted element is the fu...↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-14841 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2025-14841 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release | cvebase