What is CVE-2022-38100?

CVE-2022-38100 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-38100?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor

CVE-2022-38100

The CMS800 device fails while attempting to parse malformed network data sent by a threat actor. A threat actor with network access can remotely issue a specially formatted UDP request that will cause the entire device to crash and require a physical reboot. A UDP broadcast request could be sent that causes a mass denial-of-service attack on all CME8000 devices connected to the same network.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2022-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor — versions All
Contechealth Cms8000
Contechealth Cms8000 Firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsma-22-244-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38100?: CVE-2022-38100 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-38100?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.