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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-43272

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

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2 Nov 2026, 20:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-43272

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Dec 2022, 00:00 UTC

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

osv:CVE-2022-43272
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43272",
  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:23.360938904Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://github.com/songxpu/bug_report/tree/master/DCMTK/memory_leak_in_3.6.7",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00032.html",
        "https://www.wolai.com/vaVuMxU4gGqFakbzvc9NYw",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/43xxx/CVE-2022-43272.json",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4HROBSUUV2LZCYUNODI2YM7G7AYYO75B/",
        "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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43272",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.html"
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