Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2024 · Assigned by talos
CVE-2024-24793
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in libdicom from Imaging Data Commons. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Imaging Data Commons | libdicom | 1.0.5 |
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H