| Name | CVE-2025-14841 |
| Description | A flaw has been found in OFFIS DCMTK up to 3.6.9. The impacted element is the function DcmQueryRetrieveIndexDatabaseHandle::startFindRequest/DcmQueryRetrieveIndexDatabaseHandle::startMoveRequest in the library dcmqrdb/libsrc/dcmqrdbi.cc of the component dcmqrscp. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. The attack requires local access. Upgrading to version 3.7.0 is sufficient to resolve this issue. Patch name: ffb1a4a37d2c876e3feeb31df4930f2aed7fa030. You should upgrade the affected component. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4443-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1123584 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dcmtk (PTS) | bullseye | 3.6.5-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 3.6.5-1+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.6.7-9~deb12u3 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 3.6.9-5 | vulnerable |
| forky | 3.6.9-6 | vulnerable |
| sid | 3.7.0+really3.6.9-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| dcmtk | source | experimental | 3.7.0+really3.7.0-0+exp1 | | | |
| dcmtk | source | bullseye | 3.6.5-1+deb11u6 | | DLA-4443-1 | |
| dcmtk | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1123584 |
Notes
[trixie] - dcmtk <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - dcmtk <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1183
Fixed by: https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/ffb1a4a37d2c876e3feeb31df4930f2aed7fa030 (DCMTK-3.7.0)
Originally fixed with 3.7.0-1 (but reverted via the 3.7.0+really3.6.9-1 upload)