Memory leak in DCMTK - CVE-2022-43272
Published: August 18, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79676
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43272
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in T_ASC_Association object. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Affected software
DCMTK
Fedora
dcmtk
Fedora
dcmtk
How to mitigate CVE-2022-43272
Install updates from vendor's website.
dcmtk - addressed in versions 3.6.4-11.el8, 3.6.6-12.el9, 3.6.7-3.fc36, 3.6.7-3.fc37, 3.6.7-3.fc38, 3.6.7-3.fc39
External References
- https://github.com/songxpu/bug_report/tree/master/DCMTK/memory_leak_in_3.6.7
- https://www.wolai.com/vaVuMxU4gGqFakbzvc9NYw
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3QG7MSHORLYAHDXMYG6FQKU4GOCRBCR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UMQ2USESKF6OAZAH64OFHNK2HJIJVGPP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4HROBSUUV2LZCYUNODI2YM7G7AYYO75B/