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CVE-2025-14841: OFFIS DCMTK dcmqrscp dcmqrdbi.cc startMoveRequest null pointer dereference

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-404

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.

Affected products

• OFFIS DCMTK: 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.5 (+4)

References

• https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/ffb1a4a37d2c876e3feeb31df4930f2aed7fa030
• https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/releases/tag/DCMTK-3.7.0
• https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1183
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.337004
• https://vuldb.com/?id.337004
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.714605
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.714634

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