CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in DCMTK up to 3.6.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
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 can use it to launch a DoS attack.
The weakness was shared 06/29/2022 as a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-41687 since 09/27/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
Applying the patch a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.
Product
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Memory leakCWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Patch: a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb
Timeline
09/27/2021 🔍06/29/2022 🔍
06/29/2022 🔍
07/16/2022 🔍
Sources
Advisory: a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cbStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-41687 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 06/29/2022 07:53Updated: 07/16/2022 11:20
Changes: 06/29/2022 07:53 (41), 07/16/2022 11:20 (18)
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