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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 28, 2022· Updated Nov 3, 2025

CVE-2021-41690

CVE-2021-41690

Description

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The malloced memory for storing all file information are recorded in a global variable LST and are not freed properly. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program can incur a memory leak. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.

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Affected products

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  • Dcmtk/Dcmtkcpe-rescue2 versions
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    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: <=3.6.6

Patches

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