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Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2022-4981DCMTK dcmqrscp dcmqrcnf.cc readPeerList null pointer dereference

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-severity null pointer dereference in DCMTK. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12dcmtk3.6.7-9~deb12u4DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4981
Debian:13dcmtk3.6.8-5DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4981
Debian:14dcmtk3.6.8-5DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4981

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a DCMTK 3.6.03.6.13.6.23.6.33.6.43.6.53.6.63.6.7

Weakness: CWE-476, CWE-404 · Vector: 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

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