cve/2024/CVE-2024-24793.md

### [CVE-2024-24793](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24793)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=libdicom&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3D%201.0.5%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-416%3A%20Use%20After%20Free&color=brighgreen)

### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1931
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1931

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.