CVE-2022-2121 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3.6.7) has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability while processing DICOM files, which may result in a denial-of-service condition.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00067.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Offis	Dcmtk

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3847-1	dcmtk security update
Debian DLA	DLA-4038-1	dcmtk security update
EUVD	EUVD-2022-34407	OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3.6.7) has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability while processing DICOM files, which may result in a denial-of-service condition.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5882-1	DCMTK vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7010-1	DCMTK vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.html
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsma-22-174-01

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00055}`	epss `{'score': 0.00057}`

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00048}`	epss `{'score': 0.00055}`

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2022-06-24T15:00:19.612390Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:58:59.394Z

Reserved: 2022-06-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-2121

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:24:44.282Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-24T15:15:10.800

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:00:21.310

Link: CVE-2022-2121

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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