# CVE-2022-43272: DCMTK v3.6.7 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the T\_ASC\_Association object.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-12-02 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

DCMTK v3.6.7 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the T_ASC_Association object.

## What to do

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## References

- https://www.wolai.com/vaVuMxU4gGqFakbzvc9NYw
- https://github.com/songxpu/bug_report/tree/master/DCMTK/memory_leak_in_3.6.7
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3QG7MSHORLYAHDXMYG6FQKU4GOCRBCR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UMQ2USESKF6OAZAH64OFHNK2HJIJVGPP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4HROBSUUV2LZCYUNODI2YM7G7AYYO75B/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.html

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