High 7.5HealthcarePublished Dec 2, 2022

CVE-2022-43272DCMTK v3.6.7 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the T_ASC_Association object.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:25 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.67%, higher than 76% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 1.67% (percentile 76)
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Nov 3, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 12, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

offis dcmtk offis:dcmtk	3.6.7	CISA ADP
offis dcmtk offis:dcmtk	3.6.7	NVD

References

https://www.wolai.com/vaVuMxU4gGqFakbzvc9NYwexploit, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/songxpu/bug_report/tree/master/DCMTK/memory_leak_in_3.6.7patch, third-party-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3QG7MSHORLYAHDXMYG6FQKU4GOCRBCR/vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UMQ2USESKF6OAZAH64OFHNK2HJIJVGPP/vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4HROBSUUV2LZCYUNODI2YM7G7AYYO75B/vendor-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.htmlmailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00032.html

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