CVE-2022-2121

Publication date 24 June 2022

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dcmtk	25.10 questing	Needs evaluation
	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
dcmtk	Upstream: 3e996a2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Adjacent
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H