CVE-2022-4981 — DCMTK dcmqrscp dcmqrcnf.cc readPeerList null pointer dereference
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. …
Published: 2025-10-21 · CVSS: 4.8 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7