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)
EPSS: 0.008 (52.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, 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.