VDB-337004 · Submit #714605 · CVE-2025-14841

OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9 dcmqrscp dcmqrdbi.cc startMoveRequest null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9. This affects the function DcmQueryRetrieveIndexDatabaseHandle::startFindRequest/DcmQueryRetrieveIndexDatabaseHandle::startMoveRequest in the library dcmqrdb/libsrc/dcmqrdbi.cc of the component dcmqrscp. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-14841. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function DcmQueryRetrieveIndexDatabaseHandle::startFindRequest/DcmQueryRetrieveIndexDatabaseHandle::startMoveRequest in the library dcmqrdb/libsrc/dcmqrdbi.cc of the component dcmqrscp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability.

The advisory is shared for download at support.dcmtk.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-14841. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Technical details as well as a exploit are known.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 279105 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14841), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3.7.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch ffb1a4a37d2c876e3feeb31df4930f2aed7fa030 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202512-3721), Tenable (279105) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-204021). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

OFFIS

Name

DCMTK

Version

License

open-source

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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