CVE-2025-14841
Publication date 19 December 2025
Last updated 19 December 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| dcmtk | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
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| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
3.3 · Low
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14841
- https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1183
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/ffb1a4a37d2c876e3feeb31df4930f2aed7fa030
- https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/releases/tag/DCMTK-3.7.0
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.337004
- https://vuldb.com/?id.337004
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.714605
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.714634