{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-xqr6-h56f-8r2j",
  "modified": "2024-06-29T06:31:38Z",
  "published": "2022-06-29T00:00:55Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-41690"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41690"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.html"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-06-28T13:15:00Z"
  }
}