CVE-2022-4981

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/aDCMTK3.6.0affected
n/aDCMTK3.6.1affected
n/aDCMTK3.6.2affected
n/aDCMTK3.6.3affected
n/aDCMTK3.6.4affected
n/aDCMTK3.6.5affected
n/aDCMTK3.6.6affected
n/aDCMTK3.6.7affected
n/aDCMTK3.6.8unaffected

Weaknesses

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

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

Additional References

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