Is CVE-2022-43272 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-43272 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-43272?

CVE-2022-43272 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-43272?

CVE-2022-43272 has an EPSS score of 1.57% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-43272?

Upgrade dcmtk on debian 11 to 3.6.5-1+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 8 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-43272

HIGHEPSS 72th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

DCMTK v3.6.7 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the T_ASC_Association object.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

dcmtkDebian

Fixed in:3.6.5-1+deb11u1CVE-2022-43272

Fixed in:3.6.7-8CVE-2022-43272

dcmtkUbuntu

Fixed in:3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7010-1

Fixed in:3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7010-1

Fixed in:3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1USN-7010-1

Fixed in:3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7010-1

Fixed in:3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.7-6ubuntu0.1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7010-1

libdcmtk12Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7010-1

libdcmtk14Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1USN-7010-1

Fixed in:3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk16Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7010-1

Fixed in:3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk17Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.7-6ubuntu0.1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk17t64Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7010-1

libdcmtk5Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7010-1

Fixed in:3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

wolai.com

Other references5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.