CVE-2022-38100 Contec Health CMS8000
Remote attackers can crash Contec Health CMS8000 patient monitors via malformed UDP requests, requiring physical reboot and causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-38100?
CVE-2022-38100 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in CMS8000 CONTEC ICU CCU Vital Signs Patient Monitor, published on 13 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38100?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Contechealth Cms8000 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38100?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38100 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-38100 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38100 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in CMS8000 CONTEC ICU CCU Vital Signs Patient Monitor
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w768-wqpr-555x.