CVE-2024-14036 Dräger Core 1.0.5 Denial of Service via Malformed SDC Message
Network-adjacent attackers can cause denial of service in Dräger Core and M540 Converter Service by sending malformed SDC messages, exhausting CPU resources.
- 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-2024-14036?
CVE-2024-14036 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dräger Core, published on 2 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dräger Core 1.0.5 and Dräger M540 Converter Service 1.0.9 contain a denial of service vulnerability that allows network-adjacent attackers to trigger high CPU load by sending specially crafted, unencrypted SDC messages during the discovery process. Attackers with access to the hospital network can send malformed SDC packets to exhaust CPU resources in the affected process, causing further SDC messages to no longer be processed.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-14036?
How do I fix CVE-2024-14036?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-14036 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-2024-14036 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-14036 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f3qj-wr66-g552.