CVE-2024-24793: CWE-416: Use After Free in Imaging Data Commons libdicom
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.
CVE-2024-24793: CWE-416: Use After Free in Imaging Data Commons libdicom
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.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- talos
- Date Reserved
- 2024-01-30T17:12:10.381Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 690a475d6d939959c8022d60
Added to database: 11/4/2025, 6:35:09 PM
Last updated: 11/4/2025, 6:39:33 PM
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