CVE-2021-41689 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle string copy properly. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program, it would query its database and copy the result even if the result is null, which can incur a head-based overflow. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00106.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Offis	Dcmtk

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3847-1	dcmtk security update
Debian DLA	DLA-4038-1	dcmtk security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-28701	DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle string copy properly. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program, it would query its database and copy the result even if the result is null, which can incur a head-based overflow. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5882-1	DCMTK vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7010-1	DCMTK vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk
https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/5c14bf53fb42ceca12bbcc0016e8704b1580920d
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.html

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00079}`	epss `{'score': 0.00094}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-06-28T09:38:17

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:15:29.267Z

Reserved: 2021-09-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-41689

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:15:29.267Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-28T13:15:10.587

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:26:38.277

Link: CVE-2021-41689

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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