CVE-2022-2121 - 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

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Offis	Dcmtk

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00032.html
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsma-22-174-01

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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References		https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00032.html

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

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Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00055}`	epss `{'score': 0.00057}`

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

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Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00048}`	epss `{'score': 0.00055}`

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

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2022-06-24T15:00:19.612Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:34:43.056Z

Reserved: 2022-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2121

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:34:43.056Z

NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:15:51.737

Link: CVE-2022-2121

Redhat

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