CVE-2024-24793: imaging data commons libdicom Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-24793 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use After Free vulnerability in imaging data commons libdicom. EPSS estimates a 1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 20-02-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-11-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.