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GHSA-JRQ9-R9FX-4557

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-06-25 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:30:41Z",
  "published": "2022-06-25T00:00:54Z",
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CVE-2022-2121 (GCVE-0-2022-2121)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-24 15:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:34

Summary

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.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

icscert

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsma-…
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…	mailing-list

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	OFFIS	DCMTK	Affected: unspecified , < 3.6.7 (custom)

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CVE-2022-2121 (GCVE-0-2022-2121)

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