CVE-2018-19010
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDrager Infinity Delta, Infinity Delta, all versions, Delta XL, all versions, Kappa, all version, and Infinity Explorer C700, all versions. A malformed network packet may cause the monitor to reboot. By repeatedly sending the malformed network packet, an attacker may be able to disrupt patient monitoring by causing the monitor to repeatedly reboot until it falls back to default configuration and loses network connectivity.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA malformed network packet vulnerability in Drager Infinity patient monitors (Delta, Delta XL, Kappa, Explorer C700) allows remote attackers to trigger device reboots. Repeated exploitation causes the monitor to fall back to factory defaults, resulting in loss of network connectivity and disruption of continuous patient monitoring capabilities.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify affected device modelsInventory your medical devices and confirm whether any are Drager Infinity Delta, Delta XL, Kappa, or Explorer C700 patient monitors. Check device labels, management interfaces, or asset inventories for model numbers.Affected if Any of these four specific models are present on the network
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Verify network exposureCheck the network configuration of the affected devices. Determine if they are directly accessible on shared network segments or reachable from untrusted networks. Review VLAN assignments and firewall rules protecting these devices.Affected if The device has an active network interface and is reachable from network segments outside dedicated medical device VLANs
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Check for network service availabilityExamine the device's network services and ports. Confirm whether the device listens on ports that could receive malformed packets. Review network logs for incoming traffic to the device.Affected if The device exposes network services and accepts traffic from untrusted sources
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Look for reboot anomaliesReview system logs, network management logs, or central monitoring station records for patterns of unexpected device reboots. Check if multiple reboot events occur in short succession.Affected if The device exhibits repeated or unexplained reboot cycles
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Check for network connectivity lossVerify whether the device has lost network connectivity or fallen back to factory default network settings. Compare current network configuration against known baselines.Affected if Device shows loss of network connectivity or reversion to default network settings after reboot events
A user is affected if they have any Drager Infinity Delta, Delta XL, Kappa, or Explorer C700 patient monitors with network connectivity that can receive malformed packets from an attacker, as evidenced by unexpected reboots or loss of network configuration.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataIsolate affected devices on dedicated network segments with strict access controls; implement firewall rules to filter suspicious network traffic; coordinate with Drager for firmware updates; monitor for repeated reboot patterns as an indicator of attack.
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- Implementation16.0 h
- Testing12.0 h
- Review / QA6.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-19010 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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