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GHSA-V454-8GRJ-83C8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-21 15:30 – Updated: 2025-10-21 18:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

3.3 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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

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CVE-2022-4981 (GCVE-0-2022-4981)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-21 15:02 – Updated: 2025-10-21 15:22

Summary

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          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

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          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

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-404 - Denial of Service

Assigner

VulDB

References

URL

Tags

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	https://vuldb.com/?submit.673134	third-party-advisory
	https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1026	issue-tracking
	https://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/	exploit

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	DCMTK	Affected: 3.6.0 Affected: 3.6.1 Affected: 3.6.2 Affected: 3.6.3 Affected: 3.6.4 Affected: 3.6.5 Affected: 3.6.6 Affected: 3.6.7 Unaffected: 3.6.8

Credits

zh_vul (VulDB User)

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2022-4981 (GCVE-0-2022-4981)

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