CVE catalog
CVE-2022-4981
dcmtk: CVE-2022-4981
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.27% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dcmtk | sid | 3.7.0+really3.7.0-7 | fixed |
| Debian | dcmtk | forky | 3.7.0+really3.7.0-7 | fixed |
| Debian | dcmtk | trixie | 3.6.9-5+deb13u3 | fixed |
| Debian | dcmtk | bookworm | 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dcmtk | pro | 3.6.7-9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dcmtk | pro | 3.6.7-9.1build2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dcmtk | pro | 3.6.7-9.1build3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dcmtk | pro | 3.6.7-9.1build4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dcmtk | pro | 3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dcmtk | source | sid | 3.6.8-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | dcmtk | source | forky | 3.6.8-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | dcmtk | source | trixie | 3.6.8-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | dcmtk | source | bookworm | 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [dcmtk]Fixed
Details (2)
3.6.7-9~deb12u4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.6.7-9~deb12u4dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
3.6.7-9~deb12u4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.6.7-9~deb12u4dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
- [dcmtk-doc]Fixed
Source package: [dcmtk]
Details (2)
3.6.7-9~deb12u4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.6.7-9~deb12u4dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
3.6.7-9~deb12u4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.6.7-9~deb12u4dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
- [libdcmtk17]Fixed
Source package: [dcmtk]
Details (2)
3.6.7-9~deb12u4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.6.7-9~deb12u4dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
3.6.7-9~deb12u4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.6.7-9~deb12u4dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
- [libdcmtk-dev]Fixed
Source package: [dcmtk]
Details (2)
3.6.7-9~deb12u4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.6.7-9~deb12u4dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
3.6.7-9~deb12u4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.6.7-9~deb12u4dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
Observed: