What is CVE-2022-38453?

CVE-2022-38453 is a low-severity vulnerability in Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor, classified under Active Debug Code. CVSS score: 3.0/10. Published 2022-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-38453?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor

CVE-2022-38453

Multiple binary application files on the CMS8000 device are compiled with 'not stripped' and 'debug_info' compilation settings. These compiler settings greatly decrease the level of effort for a threat actor to reverse engineer sensitive code and identify additional vulnerabilities.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.0 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-489 — Active Debug Code

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38453?: CVE-2022-38453 is a low-severity vulnerability in Contec Health Cms8000 Icu Ccu Vital Signs Patient Monitor, classified under Active Debug Code. CVSS score: 3.0/10. Published 2022-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-38453?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.0 out of 10.