CVE-2022-4981 MEDIUM

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

Vendor N/A
Product DCMTK
Weakness CWE-476
Published October 21, 2025
Last update October 21, 2025

CVSS base score

4.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 21, 2025 CVE published
October 21, 2025 Record updated