Is CVE-2022-2120 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-2120 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-2120?

CVE-2022-2120 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-2120?

CVE-2022-2120 has an EPSS score of 2.82% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2120?

Upgrade dcmtk on debian 11 to 3.6.5-1+deb11u4 or later. Fixes are available for 7 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-2120

HIGHEPSS 85th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-23 CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

dcmtkDebian

Fixed in:3.6.5-1+deb11u4CVE-2022-2120

Fixed in:3.6.7-6CVE-2022-2120

dcmtkUbuntu

Fixed in:3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Fixed in:3.6.7-6ubuntu0.1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk12Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk14Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk16Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk17Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.7-6ubuntu0.1USN-5882-1

libdcmtk5Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5882-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.82%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Mitigation1

cisa.gov

Other references1

lists.debian.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.