CVE-2022-4981
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.1–5.5
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affected products (14)
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references (17)
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- https://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/readcnnvd
- https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1026cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/DCMTK-NULL-pointer-dereference-via-DcmQueryRetrieveConfig-readPeerList-48653cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.329029cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?id.329029cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.673134cnnvd
- https://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/enisa_euvd
- https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1026enisa_euvd
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