What is CVE-2021-41687?

CVE-2021-41687 is a high-severity vulnerability in Offis Dcmtk, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-41687?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Offis Dcmtk

CVE-2021-41687

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The program malloc a heap memory for parsing data, but does not free it when error in parsing. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program incur the memory leak. An attacker ca…

EPSS: 0.016 (73.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Offis Dcmtk
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-41687?: CVE-2021-41687 is a high-severity vulnerability in Offis Dcmtk, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-41687?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.