# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w768-wqpr-555x

## 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 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38100?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2022-36385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36385/): Contec Health CMS8000 (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-3027](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3027/): Contec Health CMS8000 (medium 5.7)
- [CVE-2022-38069](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38069/): Contec Health CMS8000 (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2022-38453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38453/): Contec Health CMS8000 (low 3.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38100 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38100 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CMS8000 CONTEC ICU CCU Vital Signs Patient Monitor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38100/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38100/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38100
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38100
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38100

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38100/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.