Critical severity · published Jun 24, 2022
CVE-2022-2120
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…
9.8
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DC
Dcmtk · Offis
before 3.6.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2120
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2120
Mitigation
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsma-22-174-01
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00025.html
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