Is CVE-2022-4981 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-4981 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-4981?

CVE-2022-4981 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-4981?

CVE-2022-4981 has an EPSS score of 0.26% (17th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4981?

Upgrade dcmtk on debian 11 to 3.6.5-1+deb11u5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-4981

LOW

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-404 CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

dcmtkDebian

Fixed in:3.6.5-1+deb11u5CVE-2022-4981

Fixed in:3.6.8-5CVE-2022-4981

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

17thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 17% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit3

Third-Party Advisory2

VDB Entry1

vuldb.com

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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 2026-04-29.