CVE-2024-24793
- Reference to the description:
- 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.
- Last updated date:
- 02/12/2025
- Type:
- exploit
- Confidence:
- HIGH
- Date of publishing:
- 02/12/2025
- Reference url to background
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1931