CVE-2022-4981

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Analyzed - cna@vuldb.com

Published

2025-10-21

Last modified

2025-10-21

Weaknesses

CWE-404, CWE-476

Affected products

• Dcmtk (Offis)

References

• https://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/
• https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1026
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.329029
• https://vuldb.com/?id.329029
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.673134
• https://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/read