github - ghsa-6989-vr9p-xx57

ghsa-6989-vr9p-xx57

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-02-20 12:31

Modified

2024-02-20 12:31

Severity ?

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the DICOM Element Parsing as implemented in Imaging Data Commons libdicom 1.0.5. A specially crafted DICOM file can cause premature freeing of memory that is used later. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker would need to induce the vulnerable application to process a malicious DICOM image.The Use-After-Free happens in the parse_meta_element_create() parsing the elements in the File Meta Information header.

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CVE-2024-24793 (GCVE-0-2024-24793)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-02-20 10:37

Modified

2025-11-04 18:29

Severity ?

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the DICOM Element Parsing as implemented in Imaging Data Commons libdicom 1.0.5. A specially crafted DICOM file can cause premature freeing of memory that is used later. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker would need to induce the vulnerable application to process a malicious DICOM image.The Use-After-Free happens in the `parse_meta_element_create()` parsing the elements in the File Meta Information header.

References

URL

Tags

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1931

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Imaging Data Commons	libdicom	Version: 1.0.5

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