CVE-2022-4981DCMTK dcmqrscp dcmqrcnf.cc readPeerList null pointer dereference
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, higher than 19% of scored CVEs.
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A vulnerability was detected in DCMTK up to 3.6.7. The impacted element is the function DcmQueryRetrieveConfig::readPeerList of the file /dcmqrcnf.cc of the component dcmqrscp. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.6.8 is sufficient to resolve this issue. The patch is identified as 957fb31e5. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
- CVSS
- 3.3 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476, CWE-404
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.27% (percentile 19)
- Assigned by
- VulDB
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
offis dcmtk offis:dcmtk | before 3.6.8 | NVD |
References
- https://vuldb.com/?id.329029vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.329029signature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.673134third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1026issue-tracking, exploit, vendor-advisory
- https://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/readexploit, third-party-advisory
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