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      "value": "DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The program malloc a heap memory for parsing data, but does not free it when error in parsing. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program incur the memory leak. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "DCMTK versiones hasta 3.6.6, no maneja apropiadamente la liberaci\u00f3n de memoria. El programa malloca una memoria heap para el an\u00e1lisis de los datos, pero no la libera cuando se produce un error en el an\u00e1lisis. El env\u00edo de peticiones espec\u00edficas al programa dcmqrdb incurre en la fuga de memoria. Un atacante puede usarlo para lanzar un ataque DoS"
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
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        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk"
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        "Third Party Advisory"
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.html"
    },
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