DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4981

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4981
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4981.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4981
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2025-10-21T15:15:37Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:04:56Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.7-9~deb12u4

Affected versions

3.*
3.6.7-8
3.6.7-9~deb12u1
3.6.7-9~deb12u2
3.6.7-9~deb12u3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4981.json"

Debian:13 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.8-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4981.json"

Debian:14 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.8-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4981.json"