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Plain-English summary
This vulnerability can let someone with access to the hospital or Infinity Network repeatedly crash Dräger Infinity M300 patient-worn monitors. The reported impact includes loss of wireless connectivity, temporary loss of patient monitoring, and interrupted alarms until staff manually recover the device.
Executive priority
Treat this as a patient-safety availability risk. Prioritize hospitals using Infinity M300 monitors, especially where network segmentation is weak or device recovery procedures are not regularly tested.
Technical view
CVE-2019-25724 is a network-based denial-of-service issue in Dräger Infinity M300 monitors. Sources describe low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation from an adjacent hospital/Infinity Network context, causing repeated reboots and a fail state requiring manual restart. CVSS v4.0 score is 7.1 with high availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is primarily inside healthcare networks where Infinity M300 devices are reachable from the hospital or Infinity Network. The provided sources do not indicate internet exposure as the expected attack path.
Exploitation context
CISA KEV status is false in the provided data, and no cited source states active exploitation. Exploitation requires network access to the hospital or Infinity Network, but does not require authentication or user interaction per the CVSS vector.
Researcher notes
The source bundle contains an inconsistency: the description says VG2.x and earlier, while the affected list includes VG2.x and VG3.0. Validate exact affected versions against Dräger’s advisory before scoping remediation. No exploit details or active exploitation evidence were provided.
Mitigation direction
- Identify Infinity M300 units and recorded software versions, including VG2.x, VG3.0, and earlier entries.
- Obtain and follow Dräger advisory 2019-277-02 and current vendor support guidance.
- Restrict Infinity Network access to trusted clinical systems and authorized support paths.
- Monitor for repeated reboots, wireless loss, alarm interruption, or fail-state events.
- Ensure clinical downtime and manual recovery procedures are ready for affected monitors.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all Dräger Infinity M300 devices and document software versions.
- Confirm segmentation limits untrusted access to the hospital or Infinity Network.
- Review clinical engineering records for repeated reboot or fail-state incidents.
- Verify staff can manually recover affected monitors according to manufacturer procedures.
- Check Dräger guidance for current update, service, or compensating-control instructions.
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.1 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——VulnCheckCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6VulnCheckVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
7.1HighVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://static.draeger.com/security/download/2019-277-02-M300-VG2x-Security-Advisory.pdfCVE reference, VulnCheck · vendor-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dr-ger-infinity-m300-vg2-x-network-based-denial-of-serviceCVE reference, VulnCheck · third-party-advisory
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