DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle string copy properly....
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
Jun 29, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jun 29, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jun 28, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jun 29, 2022
Last updated
Jun 29, 2024
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.
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