CVE-2022-4981

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 16.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

1.9 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-10-21 15:02Z10 MO AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 15:22Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-19

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Weaknesses

• CWE-404Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseClass
• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d37d26f7507b48542db40731b6990868a39224256fbff7784ecef8e7c98e8188

• vuldb.comVDB-329029 | DCMTK dcmqrscp dcmqrcnf.cc readPeerList null pointer dereferencehttps://vuldb.com/?id.329029vdb-entrytechnical-description
• vuldb.comVDB-329029 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.329029signaturepermissions-required
• vuldb.comSubmit #673134 | DCMTK GitHub Repository DCMTK 3.6.5 NULL Pointer Dereferencehttps://vuldb.com/?submit.673134third-party-advisory
• support.dcmtk.orghttps://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1026issue-tracking
• shimo.imhttps://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/exploit
• shimo.imhttps://shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/readexploit