Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-43272

HighPublic PoC

Published: 02 December 2022

Published
02 December 2022
Modified
03 November 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-43272 is a high-severity Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime (CWE-401) vulnerability in Offis Dcmtk. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 36.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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

CWE(s)
CWE-401

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

offis
dcmtk
3.6.7

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References