CVE-2022-2121
published 2022-06-24CVE-2022-2121: 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…
PriorityP423medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVAACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.71%
48.9th percentile
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.
Affected
19 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | dcmtk | < dcmtk 3.6.7-1 (bookworm) | dcmtk 3.6.7-1 (bookworm) |
| offis | dcmtk | < 3.6.7 | 3.6.7 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.5-1+deb11u1 | 3.6.5-1+deb11u1 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.7-1 | 3.6.7-1 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.7-1 | 3.6.7-1 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.7-1 | 3.6.7-1 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1 | 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.2 | 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.2 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2 | 3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm3 | 3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm3 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2 | 3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm3 | 3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm3 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2 | 3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= 0 < 3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| offis | dcmtk | >= unspecified < 3.6.7 | 3.6.7 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.03.3LOWAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
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Ubuntu
DCMTK regression
vendor_ubuntu·2025-07-08·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-41687 [HIGH] DCMTK regression
Title: DCMTK regression
Summary: USN-7010-1 introduced a regression in DCMTK
USN-7010-1 fixed vulnerabilities in DCMTK. The update introduced a
regression. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Jinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-41687, CVE-2021-41688, CVE-2021-41689, CVE-2021-41690)
Sharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled
pointers. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
certain specially crafted input file, a rem
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vendor_ubuntu·2024-09-17·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-41688 [HIGH] DCMTK vulnerabilities
Title: DCMTK vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in DCMTK.
Jinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-41687, CVE-2021-41688, CVE-2021-41689, CVE-2021-41690)
Sharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled
pointers. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2121)
It was discovered that DCMTK incorrec
Ubuntu
DCMTK vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2023-02-22·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-41689 [HIGH] DCMTK vulnerabilities
Title: DCMTK vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in DCMTK.
Gjoko Krstic discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled buffers. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8979)
Omar Ganiev discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled buffers. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1010228)
Jinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If a
user or an au
Debian
CVE-2022-2121: dcmtk - OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3.6.7) has a NULL pointer dereference vulne...
vendor_debian·2022·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2022-2121 [HIGH] CVE-2022-2121: dcmtk - OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3.6.7) has a NULL pointer dereference vulne...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.6.7-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.6.5-1+deb11u1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.6.7-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.6.7-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.6.7-1)
OSV
dcmtk regression
osv·2025-07-08·CVSS 7.5
[HIGH] dcmtk regression
dcmtk regression
USN-7010-1 fixed vulnerabilities in DCMTK. The update introduced a
regression. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Jinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-41687, CVE-2021-41688, CVE-2021-41689, CVE-2021-41690)
Sharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled
pointers. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial
OSV
dcmtk vulnerabilities
osv·2024-09-17·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-41687 [HIGH] dcmtk vulnerabilities
dcmtk vulnerabilities
Jinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-41687, CVE-2021-41688, CVE-2021-41689, CVE-2021-41690)
Sharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled
pointers. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2121)
It was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system w
OSV
dcmtk vulnerabilities
osv·2023-02-22·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2015-8979 [HIGH] dcmtk vulnerabilities
dcmtk vulnerabilities
Gjoko Krstic discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled buffers. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8979)
Omar Ganiev discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled buffers. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1010228)
Jinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
c
GHSA
GHSA-jrq9-r9fx-4557: OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-06-25
CVE-2022-2121 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 GHSA-jrq9-r9fx-4557: OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3
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.
OSV
CVE-2022-2121: OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3
osv·2022-06-24·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2022-2121 [MEDIUM] CVE-2022-2121: OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3
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 detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.htmlhttps://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsma-22-174-01https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00022.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00032.htmlhttps://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsma-22-174-01
2022-06-24
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