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CVE-2024-24793

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.

Published

2024-02-20T11:15:08.090

Last Modified

2025-02-12T18:52:00.803

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.1 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-416
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application nih libdicom 1.0.5 Yes
References