CVE-2024-14036: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Dräger Core
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-14036 is a denial of service vulnerability (CWE-400) in Dräger Core 1.0.5 and Dräger M540 Converter Service 1.0.9. The flaw allows attackers with network adjacency to the hospital network to send malformed, unencrypted SDC packets during the discovery phase, causing excessive CPU consumption. This resource exhaustion leads to denial of service by blocking further SDC message processing in the affected components.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in high CPU load on the affected Dräger components, leading to denial of service conditions where legitimate SDC messages are no longer processed. This could disrupt device communication and functionality within the hospital network environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary workaround is currently documented. Until a patch is available, restrict network access to the affected services to trusted hosts only and monitor for unusual CPU usage patterns related to SDC message processing.
CVE-2024-14036: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Dräger Core
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.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.7high
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-14036 is a denial of service vulnerability (CWE-400) in Dräger Core 1.0.5 and Dräger M540 Converter Service 1.0.9. The flaw allows attackers with network adjacency to the hospital network to send malformed, unencrypted SDC packets during the discovery phase, causing excessive CPU consumption. This resource exhaustion leads to denial of service by blocking further SDC message processing in the affected components.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in high CPU load on the affected Dräger components, leading to denial of service conditions where legitimate SDC messages are no longer processed. This could disrupt device communication and functionality within the hospital network environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary workaround is currently documented. Until a patch is available, restrict network access to the affected services to trusted hosts only and monitor for unusual CPU usage patterns related to SDC message processing.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-02T21:19:56.497Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a1f4fb5e29bf47b5009beb0
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:48:37 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 11:02:53 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:51 UTC
Views: 74
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