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.
Published: 2024-02-20
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-22169 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.
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000


Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00223}

epss

{'score': 0.00304}


Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nih
Nih libdicom
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nih:libdicom:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nih
Nih libdicom

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:29:13.546Z

Reserved: 2024-01-30T17:12:10.381Z

Link: CVE-2024-24793

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:28:12.643Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-20T11:15:08.090

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:16:57.950

Link: CVE-2024-24793

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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