CVE catalog

CVE-2022-2120

dcmtk: CVE-2022-2120

Severity: Critical · CVSS 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Jun 23, 2022, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 3.37% · Oct 25, 2026

OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3.6.7) service class user (SCU) is vulnerable to relative path traversal, allowing an attacker to write DICOM files into arbitrary directories under controlled names. This could allow remote code execution.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	dcmtk	sid	`3.7.0+really3.7.0-7`	fixed
Debian	dcmtk	forky	`3.7.0+really3.7.0-7`	fixed
Debian	dcmtk	trixie	`3.6.9-5+deb13u3`	fixed
Debian	dcmtk	bookworm	`3.6.7-9~deb12u4`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	dcmtk	source	sid	`3.6.7-6`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1017743]
Debian	dcmtk	source	forky	`3.6.7-6`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1017743]
Debian	dcmtk	source	trixie	`3.6.7-6`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1017743]
Debian	dcmtk	source	bookworm	`3.6.7-6`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1017743]

[Debian bug #1017743]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[dcmtk]Fixed
Details (2)
- 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6.7-6
  dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
- 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6.7-6
  dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
[dcmtk-doc]Fixed
Source package: [dcmtk]
Details (2)
- 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6.7-6
  dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
- 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6.7-6
  dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
[libdcmtk17]Fixed
Source package: [dcmtk]
Details (2)
- 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6.7-6
  dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
- 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6.7-6
  dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
[libdcmtk-dev]Fixed
Source package: [dcmtk]
Details (2)
- 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6.7-6
  dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm
- 3.6.7-9~deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6.7-6
  dsa · dcmtk · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 6:24:01 PM UTC

References

[CISA cybersecurity advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]