CVE-2024-12248

Summary

CVE-2024-12248 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting the Contec Health CMS8000 Patient Monitor system. This issue involves an out-of-bounds write vulnerability, which can be exploited by an attacker by sending specially crafted UDP requests. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary data being written to memory, potentially leading to remote code execution with administrative privileges, posing a significant threat to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems. It is crucial that users apply the necessary patches as soon as they become available to mitigate this risk.

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