CVE-2022-4981
DCMTK dcmqrscp dcmqrcnf.cc readPeerList null pointer dereference
LOW 1.9EPSS 0.3%
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.
- Affected
- DCMTK
- CVSS v4.0 VULDB
- 1.9 LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v3.1 VULDB
- 3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS v2.0 VULDB
- 1.7 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - EPSS
- 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 19th percentile
- Published
- 2025-10-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1026
- https://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW
- https://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/read
- https://vuldb.com/?id.329029
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.673134