This page tracks the Debian fix status. The vulnerability itself is described on the main CVE page. View CVE-2021-41688 →

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41688

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The object in the program is free but its address is still used in other locations. Sending...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The object in the program is free but its address is still used in other locations. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program will incur a double free. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 dcmtk

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.7-1"}]}]

Debian:13 dcmtk

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.7-1"}]}]

Debian:14 dcmtk

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.7-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org